Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Speiden v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 156 1877 1 Texas
Schiller v. Blyth & Fargo Co. 15 Wyo. 304 1907 1 Wyoming
Williams v. State 55 Ga. 391 1875 1 Georgia
Love v. People 160 Ill. 501 1896 1 Illinois
Hardin v. State 22 Ind. 347 1864 1 Indiana
Skipwith v. Gibson 14 Va. 490 1810 1 Virginia
Powell v. Waters 8 Cow. 669 1826 1 New York
Hoyt v. Bridgewater Copper Mining Co. 6 N.J. Eq. 253 1847 1 New Jersey
Swayne v. Riddle 37 W. Va. 291 1893 1 West Virginia
Crim v. Post 41 W. Va. 397 1895 1 West Virginia
Garvin v. Linton 62 Ark. 370 1896 1 Arkansas
Stonebraker v. Zinn 169 W. Va. 259 1982 1 West Virginia
Liston v. Jenkins 2 W. Va. 62 1867 1 West Virginia
Trustees of Brooke Academy v. George 14 W. Va. 411 1878 1 West Virginia
Huckestein & Co. v. J. Kaufman & Bros. 173 Pa. 199 1896 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Beaumarchais 7 Va. 122 1801 1 Virginia
Gatewood v. Burrus 7 Va. 194 1802 1 Virginia
Aston v. Morgan 2 Mart. (o.s.) 336 1812 1 Louisiana
Mayfield v. Seawell 3 Tenn. 436 1813 1 Tennessee
Hessner v. Helm 8 Serg. & Rawle 178 1822 1 Pennsylvania