Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Magnusson v. Charleson 9 Ill. App. 194 1881 1 Illinois
Zane v. Fink 18 W. Va. 693 1881 1 West Virginia
McNeel's Ex'rs v. Auldridge 34 W. Va. 748 1891 1 West Virginia
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Note of sale dispute Texas
Burner v. Hevener 34 W. Va. 774 1891 1 West Virginia
United States v. La Abra Silver Mining Co. 29 Ct. Cl. 432 1894 1 United States
Yurman Studio, Inc. v. Castaneda 591 F. Supp. 2d 471 2008 1 United States
Vosburgh v. Thayer 12 Johns. 461 1815 1 New York
Shobe v. Bell 22 Va. 39 1822 1 Virginia
Chase v. Smith 5 Vt. 556 1833 1 Vermont
Boyer v. Sweet 4 Ill. 120 1841 1 Illinois
Livingston v. Tyler 14 Conn. 493 1842 1 Connecticut
Willis v. Watson 5 Ill. 64 1842 1 Illinois
Burr v. Byers 10 Ark. 398 1850 1 Arkansas
Lawrence v. Knight 11 Cal. 298 1858 1 California
Hughes v. Bowen 15 Iowa 446 1863 1 Iowa
Hughes v. Stallings 52 Miss. 375 1876 1 Mississippi
Wakeland v. Hanson 36 N.D. 129 1917 1 North Dakota
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Taylor v. Foster's Adm'r 22 Ohio St. 255 1871 1 Ohio