Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Langfitt v. Langfitt 108 W. Va. 466 1930 1 West Virginia
Wible v. Ashcraft 116 W. Va. 54 1935 1 West Virginia
Cyfers v. Cyfers 233 W. Va. 528 2014 1 West Virginia
Powell v. Allen 11 Ill. App. 129 1882 1 Illinois
Allen v. Powell 108 Ill. 584 1884 1 Illinois
Darrow v. Summerhill 93 Tex. 92 1899 1 Texas
Herring v. Lee 22 W. Va. 661 1883 1 West Virginia
Brown v. Lazarus 5 Tex. Civ. App. 81 1893 1 Texas
Wilson v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. 71 Wash. 102 1912 1 Washington
In re Neil 44 F.2d 666 1930 1 United States
In re Smith 256 F. Supp. 844 1966 1 United States
In re Franklin 214 B.R. 826 1997 1 United States
R. & D. R. R. v. George 88 Va. 223 1891 1 Virginia
Bierne v. Brown's Adm'r 10 W. Va. 748 1877 1 West Virginia
Lionberger v. Baker 14 Mo. App. 353 1883 1 Missouri
Nichols' & Janes' Case 48 Va. 589 1850 1 Virginia
Fried v. Bradley 52 So. 2d 247 1950 1 Louisiana
Cecil v. Clarke 17 Md. 508 1861 0 Maryland
Young v. Charity Hospital 226 La. 708 1954 1 Louisiana
Young v. Charity Hospital of Louisiana 77 So. 2d 13 1954 1 Louisiana