Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Pownall v. Cearfoss 129 W. Va. 487 1946 1 West Virginia
Pugh v. Cameron's Adm'r 11 W. Va. 523 1877 1 West Virginia
Curtis v. Lunn Executor of Jones 20 Va. 42 1817 1 Virginia
Smith v. Brannan 13 Cal. 107 1859 1 California
Tobey v. Leonard 23 F. Cas. 1324 1861 1 United States
Ashcraft v. De Armond 44 Iowa 229 1876 1 Iowa
Executors of Hunter v. Spotswood 1 Va. 145 1792 1 Virginia
M'Cluny v. Silliman 28 U.S. 270 1830 1 United States
Gray’s Administrator v. Dixon 255 Ky. 239 1934 1 Kentucky
State ex rel. Folsom Bros. v. Mayor of New Orleans 32 La. Ann. 709 1880 1 Louisiana
Swanberg v. National Surety Co. 86 Mont. 340 1930 1 Montana
Wadsworth v. Arnold 24 R.I. 32 1902 1 Rhode Island
In re Egan 36 S.D. 228 1915 1 South Dakota
Green v. Lanier 61 Tenn. App. 487 1970 1 Tennessee
Roberts v. Roberts 58 Wyo. 438 1943 1 Wyoming
Stockgrowers’ Bank of Wheatland v. Gray 24 Wyo. 18 1916 1 Wyoming
Hasbrouck v. LaFebre 23 Wyo. 367 1915 1 Wyoming
Moralee v. Cadwell 26 Wyo. 412 1920 1 Wyoming
Forde v. Libby 22 Wyo. 464 1914 1 Wyoming
Reynolds v. Morton 23 Wyo. 528 1916 1 Wyoming