Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cox v. McBee 28 S.C.L. 195 1842 1 South Carolina
Ketchum v. Executors of Johnson 4 N.J. Eq. 370 1843 1 New Jersey
Wallen v. Huff 24 Tenn. 91 1844 1 Tennessee
Calkins v. Calkins 3 Barb. 305 1848 1 New York
Jarrett v. Johnson 52 Va. 327 1854 1 Virginia
De France v. De France 34 Pa. 385 1859 1 Pennsylvania
McGrew v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. 230 Mo. 496 1910 1 Missouri
Connell v. Mulligan 21 Miss. 388 1850 1 Mississippi
Glass v. Basin & Bay State Mining Co. 31 Mont. 21 1904 1 Montana
Duke v. State 20 Ohio St. 225 1870 1 Ohio
Blair v. Brabson 4 Tenn. 19 1816 1 Tennessee
Woodfork v. Union Bank 43 Tenn. 488 1866 1 Tennessee
Alexander v. Muse 112 Tenn. 233 1903 1 Tennessee
Spurlock v. Gill 3 Shan. Cas. 43 1878 1 Tennessee
Hemphill v. Watson 2 Tex. L. R. 600 1884 1 Texas
Hemphill v. Watson 60 Tex. 679 1884 1 Texas
Illinois Cent. R. v. Ihlenberg 75 F. 873 1896 1 United States
Green v. Ball 67 Ky. 586 1868 1 Kentucky
Brewer v. Bain 60 Ala. 153 1877 1 Alabama
Smith's Ex'x v. Washington City, Virginia Midland & Great Southern Railroad 74 Va. 617 1880 1 Virginia