Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ross v. Overton 7 Va. 309 1802 1 Virginia
Goode v. Love's Adm'rs 31 Va. 635 1833 1 Virginia
Vaiden v. Commonwealth 53 Va. 717 1855 1 Virginia
Bell v. Alexander 62 Va. 2 1871 1 Virginia
Read v. Commonwealth 63 Va. 924 1872 1 Virginia
National Bank v. National Bank 7 W. Va. 544 1874 1 West Virginia
Campbell v. Lynn & Co. 7 W. Va. 665 1874 1 West Virginia
Henry v. Davis 7 W. Va. 715 1874 1 West Virginia
Snyder v. P., C. & St. L. Railway Co. 11 W. Va. 14 1877 1 West Virginia
Irving v. Superior Court 79 Cal. App. 361 1926 1 California
Thornton v. Park 61 Ga. 549 1878 1 Georgia
Higginbotham v. Adams 192 Ga. 203 1941 1 Georgia
Coston v. Dudley 65 Ga. 252 1880 1 Georgia
State ex rel. Phillips v. Elliott 75 Minn. 391 1899 1 Minnesota
Ilderton v. Ilderton 104 S.C. 76 1916 1 South Carolina
Barfield v. Barnes 108 S.C. 1 1917 1 South Carolina
Guthrie v. Speck 53 S.W.2d 318 1932 1 Texas
Henderson v. Henderson 187 Va. 121 1948 1 Virginia
Westinghouse Mach. Co. v. Electric Storage Battery Co. 165 F. 992 1908 1 United States
Henry v. Davis 13 W. Va. 232 1878 1 West Virginia