Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Pettit v. Jennings 41 Va. 676 1844 1 Virginia
Gist v. Hanly 33 Ark. 233 1878 1 Arkansas
Gregory v. Bovier 77 Cal. 121 1888 1 California
Daughtery v. State 59 Ga. App. 898 1939 1 Georgia
Bank of the State v. Anderson 14 Iowa 544 1863 1 Iowa
Stein, Block & Co. v. Good 16 Ill. App. 516 1885 1 Illinois
Miedreich v. Rank 40 Ind. App. 393 1907 1 Indiana
Columbia Finance & Trust Co. v. Tharp 24 Ind. App. 82 1900 1 Indiana
Woolley v. Holt 77 Ky. 788 1879 1 Kentucky
Davy v. Fidelity & Casualty Insurance 78 Ohio St. 256 1908 1 Ohio
Jackson v. Stearns 48 Or. 25 1906 1 Oregon
Howard v. Ward 31 S.D. 114 1913 1 South Dakota
Rose v. Wortham 95 Tenn. 505 1895 1 Tennessee
Wharton County v. Ahldag 84 Tex. 12 1892 1 Texas
Kusterer v. City of Beaver Dam 56 Wis. 471 1883 1 Wisconsin
Bennett v. Sinclair Nav. Co. 33 F. Supp. 14 1940 1 United States
Knapp v. Snyder 15 W. Va. 434 1879 1 West Virginia
Read v. Read 9 Va. 160 1804 1 Virginia
Schmidt v. Nunan 63 Cal. 371 1883 1 California
Inhabitants of Worcester v. Green 19 Mass. 425 1824 1 Massachusetts