Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sheldon v. Hinton 6 Ill. App. 216 1880 1 Illinois
Farrar v. Inhabitants of Greene 32 Me. 574 1851 1 Maine
Way v. Priest 87 Mo. 180 1885 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Scott v. Greer 101 Mo. App. 669 1903 1 Missouri
Cadwallader v. West 48 Mo. 483 1871 1 Missouri
Satterwhite v. Littlefield 21 Miss. 302 1850 1 Mississippi
Kerr v. Laird 27 Miss. 544 1854 1 Mississippi
In re Ricker's Estate 14 Mont. 153 1894 1 Montana
Astor v. Union Insurance 7 Cow. 202 1827 1 New York
Dewitt v. Schoonmaker 9 N.Y. 371 1853 1 New York
De Witt v. Barly 17 N.Y. 340 1858 1 New York
James v. West 67 Ohio St. 28 1902 1 Ohio
Overton v. Phelan 39 Tenn. 445 1859 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Howard v. Parker 67 Tenn. 495 1875 1 Tennessee
Dial v. Wood 68 Tenn. 296 1878 1 Tennessee
Scheib v. Thompson 23 Utah 564 1901 1 Utah
Paine v. Jones 93 Wis. 70 1896 1 Wisconsin
Taylor v. Hill 87 Wis. 669 1894 1 Wisconsin
Goodhue v. Grant 1 Pin. 556 1845 1 Wisconsin
Wernse v. Hall 101 Ill. 423 1882 1 Illinois