Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Johnson v. Gibbons 68 Va. 632 1876 1 Virginia
Ewing v. Ewing 29 Va. 337 1830 1 Virginia
Elam v. Keen 31 Va. 333 1833 1 Virginia
Steptoe v. Read 60 Va. 1 1868 1 Virginia
Stone's Ex'or v. Nicholson 68 Va. 1 1876 1 Virginia
Brown v. Brown's Adm'r 72 Va. 502 1879 1 Virginia
Taliaferro v. Day 82 Va. 79 1886 1 Virginia
Robertson v. Gillenwaters 85 Va. 116 1888 1 Virginia
Gish v. Moomaw 89 Va. 345 1892 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Chapman 90 Va. 409 1894 1 Virginia
Crews' Adm'r v. Hatcher 91 Va. 378 1895 1 Virginia
Cheatham v. Gower 94 Va. 383 1897 1 Virginia
Howbert v. Cauthorn 100 Va. 649 1902 1 Virginia
Allison v. Allison's Executors 101 Va. 537 1903 1 Virginia
Taliaferro v. Pryor 53 Va. 277 1855 1 Virginia
Franklin v. Peers 95 Va. 602 1898 1 Virginia
Hill v. Commonwealth 43 Va. 595 1845 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Rivera 18 Va. App. 103 1994 2 challenge to 'habitual offender' ordinance Virginia
Cassady v. Martin 220 Va. 1093 1980 1 wrongful death Virginia
Nickels v. Kane's Adm'r 82 Va. 309 1886 1 Virginia