Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Leach v. Buckner 19 W. Va. 36 1881 1 West Virginia
Hooper v. Hooper 32 W. Va. 526 1889 1 West Virginia
Pennybacker v. Laidley 33 W. Va. 624 1890 1 West Virginia
Steffey v. Steffey ex rel. Steffey 19 Md. 5 1862 1 Maryland
Williams v. Banks 19 Md. 22 1862 1 Maryland
Banks v. McClellan 24 Md. 62 1866 1 Maryland
Hess's Estate 150 Pa. 346 1892 1 Pennsylvania
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
McCarthy v. Hansel 4 Ohio App. 425 1915 1 Ohio
Estate of Schmidth 183 Pa. 641 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Burkert v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of America 287 F.3d 293 2002 1 United States
Stevens's Estate 164 Pa. 209 1894 1 Pennsylvania
Kelley v. Kelley 182 Pa. 131 1897 1 Pennsylvania
McCann v. McCann 197 Pa. 452 1901 1 Pennsylvania
Menoher's Estate 18 Pa. Super. 335 1901 1 Pennsylvania
Govan v. Jackson 32 Ark. 553 1877 1 Arkansas
La Croix v. County Commissioners 50 Conn. 321 1882 1 Connecticut
Morris v. Powell 125 Ind. 281 1890 1 Indiana
Swift v. Bonvillain 139 La. 558 1916 1 Louisiana
Bender v. Bender 226 Pa. 607 1910 1 Pennsylvania