Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brooks v. Worthington 206 Va. 352 1965 1 Virginia
Ainger v. Michigan General Corp. 476 F. Supp. 1209 1979 1 United States
Patton v. Ashley 8 Ark. 290 1848 1 Arkansas
Sims v. McEwen's Adm'r 27 Ala. 184 1855 1 Alabama
Danforth v. Laney 28 Ala. 274 1856 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Shields v. Trammell 19 Ark. 51 1857 1 Arkansas
Arguello v. Edinger 10 Cal. 150 1858 1 California
Cheney v. Cook 7 Wis. 413 1859 1 Wisconsin
Hoover v. Calhoun 57 Va. 109 1860 1 Virginia
Green v. Drummond 31 Md. 71 1869 1 Maryland
Pearson v. East 36 Ind. 27 1871 1 Indiana
McComas v. Easley 62 Va. 23 1871 1 Virginia
Wright v. Pucket 63 Va. 370 1872 1 Virginia
Cuselich v. Cuselich 159 La. 652 1925 1 Louisiana
Hirsch Bros. & Co. v. R. E. Kennington Co. 155 Miss. 242 1929 1 Mississippi
Pierce's Heirs v. Catron's Heirs 64 Va. 588 1873 1 Virginia
Belton v. Apperson 67 Va. 207 1875 1 Virginia
Rhea v. Jordan 69 Va. 678 1877 1 Virginia
Stearns v. Beckam 72 Va. 379 1879 1 Virginia