| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt v. Sherrill | 195 Miss. 688 | 1943 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Perkins v. Eskridge | 278 Md. 619 | 1976 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Howard v. Carpenter | 22 Md. 249 | 1864 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Mason v. Johnson | 47 Md. 347 | 1877 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Thomas v. Higgins | 47 Md. 439 | 1878 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Clarke v. Smith | 49 Md. 106 | 1878 | 1 | Maryland | |
| McCarty v. Straus | 21 La. Ann. 592 | 1869 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Hough v. Horsey | 36 Md. 181 | 1872 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Hunt v. Yeatman | 3 Ohio 15 | 1827 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Ross v. Norvell | 17 Va. 170 | 1812 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Latterett v. Cook | 1 Iowa 1 | 1855 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Gordon v. Munn | 88 Kan. 72 | 1912 | 1 | Kansas | |
| Turnbull v. Maddux | 68 Md. 579 | 1888 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Travis v. Willis | 55 Miss. 557 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Pierce v. Pierce | 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 50 | 1876 | 1 | New York | |
| Pierce v. Pierce | 71 N.Y. 154 | 1877 | 1 | New York | |
| Cantor v. Cantor | 86 Ohio Law Abs. 452 | 1959 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Harrison Estate | 456 Pa. 356 | 1974 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Allison v. Bradford | 1 Shan. Cas. 619 | 1876 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Fuqua v. Dinwiddie | 74 Tenn. 645 | 1881 | 1 | Tennessee |