Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sheldon v. Sheldon 133 N.Y. 1 1892 1 New York
Dreyer v. Kicklighter 228 F. 744 1916 1 United States
Young v. Holland 117 Va. 433 1915 1 Virginia
Gay v. Gibson 101 W. Va. 284 1926 1 West Virginia
Bowyer v. Hewitt 43 Va. 193 1845 1 Virginia
Commonwealth Trust Co. of Pittsburgh v. Citizens National Bank of Connellsville 99 W. Va. 166 1925 1 West Virginia
State v. Blake 95 W. Va. 467 1924 1 West Virginia
Fissel's Appeal 27 Pa. 55 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Nichols v. Denny 37 Miss. 59 1859 1 Mississippi
Silliman v. Haas 151 Pa. 52 1892 1 Pennsylvania
Ferry v. Langley 12 D.C. 140 1881 1 District of Columbia
Senger v. Senger's Ex'or 81 Va. 687 1886 1 Virginia
Lockwood's Appeal from Probate 55 Conn. 157 1887 1 Connecticut
Auger v. Tatham 191 Ill. 296 1901 1 Illinois
Collins v. Feather 52 W. Va. 107 1902 1 West Virginia
Stettinius v. Wann 138 Cal. 401 1903 1 California
Wheeler v. Hartshorn 40 Wis. 83 1876 1 Wisconsin
Carmichael v. Lathrop 108 Mich. 473 1896 1 Michigan
Brinson Railway Co. v. Beard 11 Ga. App. 737 1912 1 Georgia
Gilbertson v. Oliver 129 Iowa 568 1906 1 Iowa