Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. McPhail 547 Pa. 519 1997 1 Pennsylvania
Dean v. Negley 41 Pa. 312 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Quarles v. Fowlkes 147 Va. 493 1927 1 Virginia
Goodman v. Goodman 150 Va. 42 1928 1 Virginia
Lathan v. Edwards 121 F.2d 183 1941 1 United States
Lankenau v. Coggeshall & Hicks 350 F.2d 61 1965 1 United States
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa
Lepage v. McNamara 5 Iowa 124 1857 1 Iowa
Beekman v. People 27 Barb. 260 1858 1 New York
Wise v. Leonhardt 128 N.C. 289 1901 1 North Carolina
McKeon v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 75 Conn. 343 1902 1 Connecticut
Read Phosphate Co. v. Wells 18 Ga. App. 656 1916 1 Georgia
McKinney v. Purcell 28 Kan. 446 1882 1 Kansas
Waters v. Pleasant Manor Nursing Home 361 Md. 82 2000 1 Maryland
Hill v. McNichol 80 Me. 209 1888 1 Maine
Bolt v. City of Lansing 221 Mich. App. 79 1997 1 Michigan
McCord's Administrator v. McCord 77 Mo. 166 1882 1 Missouri
Fretwell v. Laffoon 77 Mo. 26 1882 1 Missouri