Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sowder v. Sowder 37 Tenn. 502 1858 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Johnson 49 Tenn. 225 1870 1 Tennessee
Croom v. Jerome Hill Cotton Co. 15 Tex. Civ. App. 328 1897 1 Texas
Matlock v. Glover 63 Tex. 231 1885 1 Texas
Town of Dover v. Wheeler 51 Vt. 160 1878 1 Vermont
State v. Wilner 40 Wis. 304 1876 1 Wisconsin
Pettibone v. United States 148 U.S. 197 1893 1 United States
National Bank of North America v. Norwich Savings Society 37 Conn. 444 1870 1 Connecticut
Dixon v. State 13 Fla. 636 1869 1 Florida
Catholic University of America v. Boyd 227 Ill. 281 1907 1 Illinois
Leitch v. Owings 34 Md. 262 1871 1 Maryland
First National Bank v. Weckler 52 Md. 30 1879 1 Maryland
Wailes v. Smith 76 Md. 469 1893 1 Maryland
State v. Riley 188 N.C. 72 1924 1 North Carolina
Hovey v. Elliott 28 N.Y. St. Rep. 761 1890 1 New York
Holbrook v. New Jersey Zinc Co. 57 N.Y. 616 1874 1 New York
Boshear v. Lay 53 Tenn. 163 1871 1 Tennessee
Cockrill v. Maney 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 49 1874 1 Tennessee
Brantingham v. Beasley 2 Tenn. App. 598 1926 1 Tennessee
Wolf v. Brass 72 Tex. 133 1888 1 Texas