Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Niles v. Gray 12 Ohio St. 320 1861 1 Ohio
Bergland v. Owen 48 App. D.C. 26 1918 1 District of Columbia
Peter v. Peter 136 Md. 157 1920 1 Maryland
Dickey v. Walrond 200 Cal. 335 1927 1 California
Brooks v. Sprague 157 Md. 160 1929 1 Maryland
State Road Department v. Crill 99 Fla. 1012 1930 1 Florida
Moss v. Annapolis Savings Institution 177 Md. 135 1939 1 Maryland
Simmons v. Rosemond 223 F. Supp. 61 1963 1 United States
Sample v. Motter 5 Md. 368 1853 1 Maryland
Sparks' Appeal in the Insolvent Estate of Tonge 18 Md. 417 1862 1 Maryland
Williams v. Banks 5 Md. 198 1853 1 Maryland
Felty v. Young 18 Md. 163 1862 1 Maryland
Leonard v. Hughlett 41 Md. 380 1875 1 Maryland
Wright v. Gilbert 51 Md. 146 1879 1 Maryland
Doggett v. Dill 108 Ill. 560 1884 1 Illinois
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad v. Adams 85 Miss. 772 1904 1 Mississippi
Anderson v. Salant 38 R.I. 463 1916 1 Rhode Island
Tait v. New York Life Ins. 23 F. Cas. 620 1873 1 United States
Troy Iron & Nail Factory v. Winslow 24 F. Cas. 239 1874 1 United States
Sambs v. Stein 53 Wis. 569 1881 1 Wisconsin