Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. White 63 W. Va. 472 1908 1 West Virginia
Lynchburg Cotton Mills v. Rives 112 Va. 137 1911 1 Virginia
Lessee of Snyder v. Snyder 6 Binn. 483 1814 1 Pennsylvania
Doughty v. Doughty 7 N.J. Eq. 227 1848 1 New Jersey
Tracey v. Sacket 1 Ohio St. 54 1852 1 Ohio
Graham v. Pancoast 30 Pa. 89 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Shorter v. State 147 Tenn. 355 1922 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Knox County 187 Tenn. 8 1948 1 Tennessee
Varner v. Core 20 W. Va. 472 1882 1 West Virginia
Central Trust Co. of New York v. Ashville Land Co. 72 F. 361 1896 1 United States
Workman v. Bell 227 F.3d 331 2000 1 United States
Collins v. Sullivan 54 Cal. 238 1880 1 California
Hill v. House Creek Coal Land Co. 70 W. Va. 221 1912 1 West Virginia
Carrigan v. Davis 84 W. Va. 473 1919 1 West Virginia
Nelson v. Nelson 1 Va. 136 1792 1 Virginia
Hoover v. Donally 13 Va. 316 1809 1 Virginia
M'Cormick v. Sullivant 23 U.S. 192 1825 1 United States
Lodge v. Simonton 2 Pen. & W. 439 1831 1 Pennsylvania
Willis v. Ferguson 59 Tex. 172 1883 1 Texas
Summers v. Coleman 80 Mo. 488 1883 1 Missouri