Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Sharp 132 Mo. 165 1896 1 Missouri
Tyvand v. McDonnell 37 N.D. 251 1917 1 North Dakota
Paul v. Paul 37 N.J. Eq. 23 1883 1 New Jersey
People ex rel. Hayes v. Waldo 212 N.Y. 156 1914 1 New York
Bowers v. State 29 Ohio St. 542 1876 1 Ohio
Thompson v. Kansas City Life Ins. Co. 102 S.W.2d 285 1937 1 Texas
Fry v. Leslie 87 Va. 269 1891 1 Virginia
Murrilla v. Guis 51 Wash. 93 1908 1 Washington
United States v. Ninety-Nine Diamonds 139 F. 961 1905 1 United States
Firestone v. Harvey 174 F. 574 1909 1 United States
W. S. Peck Co. v. Lowenbein 178 F. 178 1910 1 United States
Fox v. Cortner 145 Tenn. 482 1921 1 Tennessee
Burke v. Winkle 2 Serg. & Rawle 189 1816 1 Pennsylvania
Walling v. State 13 Ala. App. 253 1915 1 Alabama
Sanderson v. State 28 Ala. App. 216 1937 1 Alabama
Fish v. Weatherwax 2 Johns. Cas. 215 1801 1 New York
Brander v. Chesterfield Justices 9 Va. 548 1805 1 Virginia
Harrison v. Emmerson 29 Va. 764 1830 1 Virginia
Huse v. Den 85 Cal. 390 1890 1 California
Kiser v. State 172 Ga. 488 1931 1 Georgia