| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braddee v. Brownfield | 2 Watts & Serg. 271 | 1841 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Lawrence v. Cooke | 104 N.Y. 632 | 1887 | 1 | New York | |
| Phillips v. Phillips | 112 N.Y. 197 | 1889 | 1 | New York | |
| Osborne v. Gordon | 86 Wis. 92 | 1893 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Blake v. O'Neal | 63 W. Va. 483 | 1908 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Estate of Richet | 4 Coffey 334 | 1909 | 1 | California | |
| Floyd v. Smith | 59 Fla. 485 | 1910 | 1 | Florida | |
| Albury v. Albury | 63 Fla. 329 | 1912 | 1 | Florida | |
| Epstein v. Roux | 12 Teiss. 313 | 1915 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Patterson v. Donner | 48 Cal. 369 | 1874 | 1 | California | |
| Hook v. Mowre | 17 Iowa 195 | 1864 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Heacock v. Swartwout | 28 Ill. 291 | 1862 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Knight v. House | 29 Md. 194 | 1868 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Brown v. Vandermeulen | 44 Mich. 522 | 1880 | 1 | Michigan | |
| Graydon v. Church | 7 Mich. 36 | 1859 | 1 | Michigan | |
| Bank of Mobile v. Tishomingo Savings Institution | 62 Miss. 250 | 1884 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Henderson v. Coover | 4 Nev. 429 | 1868 | 1 | Nevada | |
| Gilbert v. Sheldon | 13 Barb. 623 | 1852 | 1 | New York | |
| Delafield v. Parish | 1 Redf. 1 | 1857 | 1 | New York | |
| Helm v. Barnes | 69 Tenn. 388 | 1878 | 1 | Tennessee |