Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mohr v. Clark & Curtis 3 Wash. Terr. 440 1888 1 Washington
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Bernice Myers Sharp v. Shelby Edward Sharp 78 So. 2d 491 1955 1 Louisiana
Walker's Adm'x v. Farmers' Bank 13 Del. 258 1888 1 Delaware
Read v. Howe 13 Iowa 50 1862 1 Iowa
Adams v. Storey 135 Ill. 448 1890 1 Illinois
Hartwell v. DeVault 159 Ill. 325 1896 1 Illinois
Sherley v. Sherley 97 Ky. 512 1895 1 Kentucky
Wolff v. Ward 104 Mo. 127 1891 1 Missouri
Ruhling v. Hackett 1 Nev. 360 1865 1 Nevada
Spangler v. Dukes 39 Ohio St. 642 1884 1 Ohio
Julier v. Julier 62 Ohio St. 90 1900 1 Ohio
Dillinger's Appeal 35 Pa. 357 1860 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Leehman 2 S.D. 171 1891 1 South Dakota
Martin v. Lincoln 72 Tenn. 334 1880 1 Tennessee
Woodfin v. Marks 104 Tenn. 512 1900 1 Tennessee
Sloan v. Cantrell 45 Tenn. 571 1868 1 Tennessee
Cox v. Miller 54 Tex. 16 1880 1 Texas
Spires v. Willison 8 U.S. 398 1808 1 United States
Gaunt v. Brockman 3 Ky. 331 1808 1 Kentucky