Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Buckingham v. Buckingham 36 Ohio St. 68 1880 1 Ohio
Brookfield v. Stephens 40 Ark. 366 1883 1 Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Knapp 26 Mass. 496 1830 1 Massachusetts
Osiander v. Commonwealth 30 Va. 780 1831 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Hailstock 43 Va. 564 1845 1 Virginia
State v. Potter 18 Conn. 166 1846 1 Connecticut
Sullivan v. District of Columbia 19 App. D.C. 210 1902 1 District of Columbia
Faul v. Hulick 18 App. D.C. 9 1901 1 District of Columbia
Shular v. State 105 Ind. 289 1886 1 Indiana
Brockway v. Petted 79 Mich. 620 1890 1 Michigan
Ashton v. Detroit City Railway Co. 78 Mich. 587 1889 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Gallivan v. Bradley 194 Mo. 166 1906 1 Missouri
Fellrath v. Gilder 1 White & W. 599 1881 1 Texas
G. H. & S. A. R’y Co. v. Marsden 1 White & W. 560 1881 1 Texas
Holland v. Seward 1 White & W. 530 1880 1 Texas
Stresau v. Fidelli 1 White & W. 487 1883 1 Texas
Young Men’s Christian Ass'n v. Murphy 193 Wash. 400 1938 1 Washington
Save the Bay, Inc. v. United States Army 639 F.2d 1100 1981 1 United States
Sam v. State 21 Miss. 189 1849 1 Mississippi
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California