Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Vertner v. McMurran 1 Freem. Ch. 136 1844 1 Mississippi
Archer v. Archer's Adm'r 49 Va. 539 1852 1 Virginia
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Whittle's Adm'r 54 Va. 329 1856 1 Virginia
Creech v. Capitol Mack, Inc. 287 So. 2d 497 1973 1 Louisiana
Green's Administratrix v. Creighton 64 U.S. 90 1859 1 United States
McClung v. Sieg 54 W. Va. 467 1903 1 West Virginia
Shanks v. Edmondson 69 Va. 804 1877 1 Virginia
Glover v. Glover 16 Ala. 440 1849 1 Alabama
Levering v. Levering 16 Md. 213 1860 1 Maryland
Forrest v. Forrest 21 N.Y. Super. Ct. 640 1861 1 New York
Cooper v. Cooper 17 Mich. 205 1868 1 Michigan
Adams v. Adams 100 Mass. 365 1868 1 Massachusetts
Carr v. Carr 63 Va. 168 1872 1 Virginia
James v. James 58 N.H. 266 1878 1 New Hampshire
Latham v. Latham 71 Va. 307 1878 1 Virginia
Crews v. Mooney 74 Mo. 26 1881 1 Missouri
Stewart v. Stewart 27 W. Va. 167 1885 1 West Virginia
Allen v. Henderson 49 Pa. 333 1865 1 Pennsylvania
Hinds v. Hinds 80 Ala. 225 1885 1 Alabama
Briggs v. Briggs 24 S.C. 377 1886 1 South Carolina