Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Waterman v. Vose 43 Me. 504 1857 1 Maine
White v. Hass 32 Ala. 430 1858 1 Alabama
Pitts v. Sheriff 108 Mo. 110 1891 1 Missouri
Di Bologna v. Earl 130 N.J. Eq. 571 1942 1 New Jersey
Wilentz v. Hendrickson 133 N.J. Eq. 447 1943 1 New Jersey
Smith v. Smith 190 Misc. 298 1947 1 New York
Shahan v. Swan 48 Ohio St. 25 1891 1 Ohio
Cross v. Armstrong 44 Ohio St. 613 1887 1 Ohio
In re Liberatore 574 F.2d 78 1978 1 United States
Freeman v. Califano 574 F.2d 264 1978 1 United States
Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald 575 F.2d 239 1978 1 United States
Makofsky v. Cunningham 576 F.2d 1223 1978 1 United States
Smith v. Mace 44 N.H. 553 1860 1 New Hampshire
Pelton v. Prescott 13 Iowa 567 1862 1 Iowa
Trow v. Glen Cove Starch Co. 1 Daly (N.Y.) 280 1863 1 New York
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Rathbone 1 W. Va. 87 1865 1 West Virginia
Meyer v. Huneke 65 Barb. 304 1873 1 New York
Matteson v. Ellsworth 33 Wis. 488 1873 1 Wisconsin
Hemler v. Adcock 166 La. 703 1928 1 Louisiana
Kilkelly v. Martin 34 Wis. 525 1874 1 Wisconsin