Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
White v. Clay's Ex'ors 34 Va. 68 1836 1 Virginia
Snead v. Coleman 48 Va. 300 1851 1 Virginia
Booth v. Kinsey 49 Va. 560 1852 1 Virginia
Cocke v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 750 1855 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Taylor 63 Pa. 481 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Womack v. Circle 70 Va. 192 1877 1 Virginia
Williams v. Ewart 29 W. Va. 659 1887 1 West Virginia
West Virginia Timber Co. v. Ferrell 67 W. Va. 14 1910 1 West Virginia
Echert v. Ferst 1 Foster 329 1873 1 Pennsylvania
Bordelon v. Brown 84 So. 2d 867 1956 1 Louisiana
Vredenbergh v. White 1 Johns. Cas. 156 1799 1 New York
Bissell v. Hopkins 3 Cow. 166 1824 1 New York
Wheeler v. Train 20 Mass. 254 1825 1 Massachusetts
Land v. Jeffries 26 Va. 598 1827 1 Virginia
Kitchell v. Bratton 2 Ill. 300 1836 1 Illinois
Graves v. State 134 Miss. 547 1924 1 Mississippi
Doebler's Appeal 64 Pa. 9 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Kleppner v. Laverty 70 Pa. 70 1871 1 Pennsylvania
Collins v. Myers 16 Ohio 547 1847 1 Ohio
Downs v. Kissam 51 U.S. 102 1850 1 United States