Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cramer v. Reford 17 N.J. Eq. 367 1866 1 New Jersey
Galbreath, Stewart & Co. v. Cook 30 Ark. 417 1875 1 Arkansas
Brown v. Campbell 74 Va. 402 1880 1 Virginia
Crittenden v. Sands 17 Neb. 498 1885 1 Nebraska
Beels v. Flynn 28 Neb. 575 1890 1 Nebraska
Lusk v. Ramsay 17 Va. 417 1811 1 Virginia
Stewart v. Avery 341 So. 2d 590 1977 1 Louisiana
Hicks v. Ellis 65 Mo. 176 1877 1 Missouri
Randolph v. Nichol 74 Ark. 93 1905 1 Arkansas
Cross v. People 10 Mich. 24 1862 1 Michigan
Young v. Smith 25 Mo. 341 1857 1 Missouri
In re the Estate of Hearn 158 Misc. 370 1936 1 New York
Thomason v. Rice 1 Shan. Cas. 69 1855 1 Tennessee
Missimer v. Ebersole 87 Pa. 109 1878 1 Pennsylvania
Walker v. May 67 W. Va. 316 1910 1 West Virginia
Malarkey v. Ballard 137 Va. 631 1923 1 Virginia
Isler v. Outlaw 23 Tenn. 118 1843 1 Tennessee
Burns v. Smith 180 Pa. 606 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Spotswood v. Pendleton 8 Va. 514 1801 1 Virginia
Mills v. Bell 7 Va. 320 1802 1 Virginia