Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Executors of Andrews v. His Administrators 7 Ohio St. 143 1857 1 Ohio
Wolber v. Rose 92 Okla. 100 1923 1 Oklahoma
Commonwealth v. McCue 46 Pa. Super. 416 1911 1 Pennsylvania
Seward v. Johnson 27 R.I. 396 1905 1 Rhode Island
Bridges v. Robinson 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 720 1877 1 Tennessee
Johnson v. Continental Insurance Co. of New York 119 Tenn. 598 1907 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 86 Tenn. 277 1888 1 Tennessee
Le Blanc v. Jackson 161 S.W. 60 1913 1 Texas
Northrop v. Columbian Lumber Co. 186 F. 770 1911 1 United States
Poindexter v. Wilton 17 Va. 183 1812 1 Virginia
Saunders v. Gaines 17 Va. 225 1814 1 Virginia
Bohn v. Sheppard 18 Va. 403 1815 1 Virginia
Merryman v. Criddle 18 Va. 542 1815 1 Virginia
United States v. Howard 132 F. 325 1904 1 United States
Backus v. Taylor 20 Va. 488 1820 1 Virginia
Edmonds v. Green 22 Va. 44 1822 1 Virginia
Fairfax v. Lewis 23 Va. 20 1823 1 Virginia
Stout v. Jackson 23 Va. 132 1823 1 Virginia
Lewis v. Weldon 24 Va. 71 1824 1 Virginia
Graham v. Bardin 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 1855 1 Virginia