Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smalley v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 386 1848 1 Louisiana
Drake v. Lyons 50 Va. 54 1852 1 Virginia
Wilton v. Humphreys 176 Mass. 253 1900 1 Massachusetts
Blessing's Adm'rs v. Beatty 40 Va. 287 1842 1 Virginia
Ludlow v. Bowne & Eddy 1 Johns. 1 1806 1 New York
New York Firemen Insurance v. De Wolf 2 Cow. 56 1823 1 New York
Dwight v. Smith 9 Rob. 32 1844 1 Louisiana
Sims v. Matassa 200 So. 666 1941 1 Louisiana
Cloud v. Cloud 145 So. 2d 331 1962 1 Louisiana
Ott's Ex'x v. King 49 Va. 224 1851 1 Virginia
Fisher v. Bell 65 W. Va. 10 1909 1 West Virginia
In re Estate of Strasser 220 Iowa 194 1935 1 Iowa
Spooner v. Spooner 180 Ga. 686 1935 1 Georgia
Gorman v. State 183 Ga. 307 1936 1 Georgia
Fischbeck v. Gross 112 Ill. 208 1884 1 Illinois
Rollins v. Mitchell 52 Minn. 41 1892 1 Minnesota
Norfleet v. Callicott 90 Miss. 221 1907 1 Mississippi
Holland v. Commercial Bank 22 Neb. 571 1888 1 Nebraska
Dickinson v. Seaman 193 N.Y. 18 1908 1 New York
Dunham v. Siglin 39 Or. 291 1901 1 Oregon