Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
In re Guerra 94 Vt. 1 1920 1 Vermont
In re Squires 114 Vt. 285 1945 1 Vermont
Henderson v. Hall 134 Ala. 455 1901 1 Alabama
Clarke's Adm'r v. Day 29 Va. 172 1830 1 Virginia
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Mercer's Adm'r v. Beale 31 Va. 189 1833 1 Virginia
Laidley v. Merrifield 34 Va. 346 1839 1 Virginia
Merchants National Bank v. Good 21 W. Va. 455 1883 1 West Virginia
Cann v. Cann 40 W. Va. 138 1894 1 West Virginia
Kipp v. Hanna 2 Bland 26 1820 1 Maryland
Conrad v. Harrison 30 Va. 532 1832 1 Virginia
McKenzie v. Cowing 4 D.C. 479 1834 1 United States
Kennedy v. Howard 25 Tenn. 64 1845 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Puett v. Musser 4 Ind. App. 407 1892 1 Indiana
Diffenderfer v. Scott 5 Ind. App. 243 1892 1 Indiana
State ex rel. Lewis v. Lewis 311 N.C. 727 1984 1 North Carolina
First Trust Co. v. Smith 134 Neb. 84 1938 1 Nebraska
Faulkner v. Territory 6 N.M. 464 1892 1 New Mexico
Bremen Mining & Milling Co. v. Bremen 13 N.M. 111 1905 1 New Mexico
Whish v. Public Service Commission 205 A.D. 756 1923 1 New York