Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Sheegog v. Perkins 63 Tenn. 273 1874 1 Tennessee
Drew v. Hagerty 81 Me. 231 1889 1 Maine
Yancey v. Field 85 Va. 756 1889 1 Virginia
Nielson v. Haas 192 So. 716 1939 1 Louisiana
State v. Plants 25 W. Va. 119 1884 1 West Virginia
Hart v. Ketchum 121 Cal. 426 1898 1 California
Knight v. Tripp 121 Cal. 674 1898 1 California
Hawn v. Stoler 208 Pa. 610 1904 1 Pennsylvania
Waugh v. Richardson 107 W. Va. 43 1929 1 West Virginia
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home v. Hinton 119 W. Va. 609 1938 1 West Virginia
Roberts v. Moseley 64 Mo. 507 1877 1 Missouri
Warwick v. Warwick 72 Va. 70 1878 1 Virginia
Seborn v. Beckwith 30 W. Va. 774 1888 1 West Virginia
Wing v. Cooper 37 Vt. 169 1864 1 Vermont
Triplett v. Goff's Administrator 83 Va. 784 1887 1 Virginia
Harris v. North 78 W. Va. 76 1916 1 West Virginia
Walton v. Walton 4 Abb. Ct. App. 512 1864 1 New York
Straus v. Kerngood 62 Va. 584 1871 1 Virginia
Ashby's adm'or v. Porter 67 Va. 455 1875 1 Virginia
Gillaspy v. Peck 46 Iowa 461 1877 1 Iowa