Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Penner v. Cooper 18 Va. 458 1815 1 Virginia
Levering v. Heighe 2 Md. Ch. 81 1850 1 Maryland
Levering v. Heighe 3 Md. Ch. 365 1850 1 Maryland
Hanson v. Worthington 12 Md. 418 1858 1 Maryland
Lamar v. Micou 112 U.S. 452 1884 1 United States
McDaniel v. Hughes 206 Md. 206 1955 1 Maryland
Derby v. Derby 4 R.I. 414 1856 1 Rhode Island
Collins v. Jones 152 So. 802 1934 1 Louisiana
Sparks v. Weedon 21 Md. 156 1864 1 Maryland
Ashton v. Ashton 35 Md. 496 1872 1 Maryland
Oelrichs v. Spain 82 U.S. 211 1872 1 United States
United States ex rel. of Turnburke v. Parker 9 D.C. 444 1876 1 District of Columbia
Woonsocket Institution for Savings v. Ballou 16 R.I. 351 1888 1 Rhode Island
People v. McNulty 93 Cal. 427 1892 1 California
Evans v. Evans 62 Ga. App. 618 1940 1 Georgia
Edwards v. Allouez Mining Co. 38 Mich. 46 1878 1 Michigan
State v. Richards 3 Utah 2d 368 1955 1 Utah
Evarts v. Hyde 51 Vt. 183 1878 1 Vermont
Worley v. Taylor 21 Or. 589 1892 1 Oregon
Estate of Lannon 5 Coffey 416 1897 1 California