Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Crist v. Bretz 437 U.S. 28 1978 1 United States
Findley's Ex'ors v. Findley 52 Va. 434 1854 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Cleary 70 Va. 448 1877 1 Virginia
Toothman v. Barrett 14 W. Va. 301 1878 1 West Virginia
Haskell v. Burdette 35 N.J. Eq. 31 1882 1 New Jersey
Chipps v. Hall 23 W. Va. 504 1884 1 West Virginia
Robinson v. Robinson 89 Va. 916 1892 1 Virginia
Walker v. Lewis 90 Va. 578 1894 1 Virginia
Carney v. Kain 40 W. Va. 758 1895 1 West Virginia
Vaughan v. Vaughan's Executrix 97 Va. 322 1899 1 Virginia
Brett v. Donaghe's Guardian 101 Va. 786 1903 1 Virginia
Sawyer v. Corse 58 Va. 230 1867 1 Virginia
DeVoss v. City of Richmond 59 Va. 338 1868 1 Virginia
City of Detroit v. Blackeby 21 Mich. 84 1870 1 Michigan
Commonwealth v. Holmes 127 Mass. 424 1879 1 Massachusetts
Cheatham v. State 67 Miss. 335 1889 1 Mississippi
State v. Harper 64 N.C. 129 1870 1 North Carolina
State v. Eason 70 N.C. 88 1874 1 North Carolina
Aston v. Craigmiles 70 N.C. 316 1874 1 North Carolina
Bryce v. Butler 70 N.C. 585 1874 1 North Carolina