Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Heirs of Shelby v. Shelby 3 Tenn. 179 1812 1 Tennessee
Coleson v. Blanton 4 Tenn. 153 1816 1 Tennessee
Carver v. Maxwell 110 Tenn. 75 1902 1 Tennessee
Bronson v. Phelps's Estate 58 Vt. 612 1886 1 Vermont
Wallace v. Godfrey 42 F. 812 1890 1 United States
Chapman v. Chick 81 Me. 109 1888 1 Maine
Phillips v. Phillips 93 Ky. 498 1892 1 Kentucky
McClanahan v. Williams 136 Ind. 30 1893 1 Indiana
Webster v. Wathen 97 Ky. 318 1895 1 Kentucky
Lawrence v. Smith 163 Ill. 149 1896 1 Illinois
Mathews v. Krisher 59 Ohio St. 562 1899 1 Ohio
Hurst v. Von De Veld 158 Mo. 239 1900 1 Missouri
Todd v. Gentry 109 Ky. 704 1901 1 Kentucky
Babin v. Lyons Lumber Co. 132 La. 873 1913 1 Louisiana
In re the Estate of McMillen 12 N.M. 31 1903 1 New Mexico
Filkins v. Severn 127 Iowa 738 1905 1 Iowa
Coberly v. Earle 60 W. Va. 295 1906 1 West Virginia
Bradford v. Leake 124 Tenn. 312 1910 1 Tennessee
Williams v. Norton 126 Ark. 503 1917 1 Arkansas
Ruffner v. Broun 83 W. Va. 689 1919 1 West Virginia