Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Janey's Ex'er v. Latane 31 Va. 327 1833 1 Virginia
Hill's Ex'ors v. Bowman 34 Va. 650 1836 1 Virginia
Fowler v. Whelan 83 N.H. 453 1928 1 New Hampshire
Trustees of McIntire Poor School v. Zanesville Canal & Manufacturing Co. 9 Ohio 203 1839 1 Ohio
Wilcocks v. Phillips 29 F. Cas. 1198 1843 1 United States
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York 3 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Smith v. McDonald 95 N.C. 163 1886 1 North Carolina
Southern Railway Co. v. Clay 130 Ga. 563 1908 1 Georgia
Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 1897 1 Massachusetts
Warren v. Kelley 80 Me. 512 1888 1 Maine
Bessey v. Newichawanick Co. 94 Me. 61 1900 1 Maine
State v. Welsor 117 Mo. 570 1893 1 Missouri
Neenan v. City of St. Joseph 126 Mo. 89 1894 1 Missouri
Lord v. State 16 N.H. 325 1844 1 New Hampshire
Burleigh v. Clough 52 N.H. 267 1872 1 New Hampshire
Bryant v. Whitcher 52 N.H. 158 1872 1 New Hampshire
Hale v. Everett 53 N.H. 9 1868 1 New Hampshire
Agostin v. Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp. 354 Pa. 543 1946 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. McPhail 547 Pa. 519 1997 1 Pennsylvania