Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Farrar v. Christy's Administrators 24 Mo. 453 1857 1 Missouri
Ingersoll's Appeal 86 Pa. 240 1878 1 Pennsylvania
Eakin v. Riddle 127 Tenn. 426 1912 1 Tennessee
Will of Scholl 100 Wis. 650 1898 1 Wisconsin
Bailey v. Commonwealth 78 Va. 19 1883 1 Virginia
United States v. Fuller 5 N.M. 80 1889 1 New Mexico
State v. Douglass 41 W. Va. 537 1895 1 West Virginia
Lane v. Tidball 21 Va. 130 1820 1 Virginia
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia
Wilkins v. Gordon 38 Va. 547 1841 1 Virginia
Breckenridge v. Auld 40 Va. 148 1842 1 Virginia
Tapscott v. Cobbs 52 Va. 172 1854 1 Virginia
Schwartz v. Lake 109 La. 1081 1903 1 Louisiana
Beatie v. Butler 21 Mo. 313 1855 1 Missouri
Miller v. Evans 35 Mo. 45 1864 1 Missouri
Washington, Alexandria & Georgetown R. R. v. Alexandria & Washington R. R. 60 Va. 592 1870 1 Virginia
Hogan v. Duke 61 Va. 244 1871 1 Virginia
Jones v. Mack 53 Mo. 147 1873 1 Missouri
Gebhard v. Sattler 40 Iowa 152 1874 1 Iowa
Chandler v. Cook 9 D.C. 176 1875 1 District of Columbia