Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Jones 82 Va. 789 1887 1 Virginia
Dangerfield v. Rootes 15 Va. 529 1810 1 Virginia
Mayo v. Purcell 17 Va. 243 1812 1 Virginia
United States v. Murphy 82 F. 893 1897 1 United States
Henley v. Myers 215 U.S. 373 1910 1 United States
Appeal of the Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 115 Pa. 157 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Dismal Swamp Land Co. v. Macauley's Adm'r 85 Va. 16 1888 1 Virginia
Piercy v. Beckett 15 W. Va. 444 1879 1 West Virginia
American Mortgage Co. v. Mouse River Live Stock Co. 10 N.D. 290 1901 1 North Dakota
Monticello State Bank v. Edwards 149 La. 346 1921 1 Louisiana
Campbell v. Hughes 12 W. Va. 183 1877 1 West Virginia
Cohen v. Knox 90 Cal. 266 1891 1 California
Clinch River Veneer Co. v. Kurth 90 Va. 737 1894 1 Virginia
Snyder v. Grandstaff 96 Va. 473 1898 1 Virginia
Watkins v. Hopkins' Ex'or 54 Va. 743 1857 1 Virginia
Ward v. Churn 59 Va. 801 1868 1 Virginia
B. & O. R. R. v. Jameson 13 W. Va. 833 1878 1 West Virginia
People v. Bearss 10 Cal. 68 1858 1 California
King v. State 43 Fla. 211 1901 1 Florida
Pridgen v. Green 80 Ga. 737 1888 1 Georgia