| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips v. Cooper | 50 Miss. 722 | 1874 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Cotton v. Underwood | 223 Tenn. 122 | 1969 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Miller v. Knight | 65 Tenn. 503 | 1873 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Scott v. West | 63 Wis. 529 | 1885 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Hogan v. Piggott | 60 W. Va. 541 | 1906 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Mounts v. Mounts | 61 W. Va. 178 | 1907 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Webb v. Trent's Executor | 162 Va. 500 | 1934 | 1 | Virginia | |
| United States v. White | 28 F. Cas. 550 | 1836 | 1 | United States | |
| United States v. White | 5 D.C. 38 | 1836 | 1 | United States | |
| Johnson v. Hanson | 6 Ala. 351 | 1844 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Brown v. Hendersons | 18 Va. 492 | 1815 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Reed v. Parker | 33 Wash. 107 | 1903 | 1 | Washington | |
| Martin v. Clinton Bank | 14 Ohio 199 | 1846 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Black v. Campbell | 6 W. Va. 51 | 1873 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Queen v. Westfall | 86 W. Va. 298 | 1920 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Rickard v. Schley | 27 W. Va. 617 | 1886 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Caveny v. Asheim | 202 Or. 195 | 1953 | 1 | Oregon | |
| Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Dunleavy | 129 Ill. 132 | 1889 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Hall v. Nute | 38 N.H. 422 | 1859 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| In re Browning | 16 R.I. 441 | 1889 | 1 | Rhode Island |