Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Campbell's Adm'x v. Montgomery 40 Va. 392 1842 1 Virginia
Colburn v. Matthews 31 S.C.L. 386 1846 1 South Carolina
Hill v. Hill 19 Miss. 616 1848 1 Mississippi
Showers v. Endoscopy Center of Central Pennsylvania, LLC 58 F. Supp. 3d 446 2014 1 United States
Hall v. Hall 27 N.H. 275 1853 1 New Hampshire
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Neal v. Hamilton Co. 70 W. Va. 250 1912 1 West Virginia
Allison v. Chaffin 8 Ga. 330 1850 1 Georgia
Purcell v. McCleary 51 Va. 246 1853 1 Virginia
Compton v. Jesup 68 F. 263 1895 1 United States
Lehman v. Lehman 29 Pa. Super. 60 1905 1 Pennsylvania
Briggs v. Wardwell 10 Mass. 356 1813 1 Massachusetts
Consolidated-Progressive Oil Corp. v. Standard Oil Co. 158 La. 981 1925 1 Louisiana
Auscape International v. National Geographic Society 461 F. Supp. 2d 174 2006 1 United States
Brown v. Belches 1 Va. 9 1791 1 Virginia
Garretson v. Lingan 10 F. Cas. 46 1821 1 United States
Harris v. Crenshaw 24 Va. 14 1825 1 Virginia
Howcott v. Collins 23 Miss. 398 1852 1 Mississippi
Grannis v. Clark 8 Cow. 36 1827 1 New York
Williams v. Williams 56 So. 2d 216 1951 1 Louisiana