Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sparks v. Weedon 21 Md. 156 1864 1 Maryland
Ashton v. Ashton 35 Md. 496 1872 1 Maryland
Oelrichs v. Spain 82 U.S. 211 1872 1 United States
United States ex rel. of Turnburke v. Parker 9 D.C. 444 1876 1 District of Columbia
Woonsocket Institution for Savings v. Ballou 16 R.I. 351 1888 1 Rhode Island
People v. McNulty 93 Cal. 427 1892 1 California
Evans v. Evans 62 Ga. App. 618 1940 1 Georgia
Edwards v. Allouez Mining Co. 38 Mich. 46 1878 1 Michigan
State v. Richards 3 Utah 2d 368 1955 1 Utah
Evarts v. Hyde 51 Vt. 183 1878 1 Vermont
Worley v. Taylor 21 Or. 589 1892 1 Oregon
Estate of Lannon 5 Coffey 416 1897 1 California
People ex rel. New York Elevated Railroad v. Commissioners of Taxes & Assessments 82 N.Y. 459 1880 1 New York
Framingham Manufacturing Co. v. Barnard 19 Mass. 532 1824 1 Massachusetts
President of the Union Bank v. Knapp 20 Mass. 96 1825 1 Massachusetts
Speer v. Coate 14 S.C.L. 227 1825 1 South Carolina
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
In re to compel payment by the Executors & Legatees of & by the last will & testament of McPherson 5 N.Y. St. Rep. 680 1887 1 New York
Nusbaum v. Thompson's Executors 11 Md. 557 1857 1 Maryland
Harkness v. Corning 24 Ohio St. 416 1873 1 Ohio