Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sewell v. Scott. 35 La. Ann. 553 1883 1 Louisiana
People v. Hermiz 453 Mich. 269 1996 1 Michigan
Dogget v. Lane 12 Mo. 215 1848 1 Missouri
Robinson v. State 12 Mo. 592 1849 1 Missouri
Howe & Wallace v. Waysman 12 Mo. 169 1848 1 Missouri
Kearny v. Jeffries 48 Miss. 343 1873 1 Mississippi
McLaughlin v. Green 48 Miss. 175 1873 1 Mississippi
Chapman v. Erie Railway Co. 1 Thomp. & Cook 526 1873 1 New York
Carson v. Railsback 3 Wash. Terr. 168 1887 1 Washington
Four Seas Center, Ltd. v. Davres, Inc. 754 F.2d 1416 1985 1 United States
McMillen v. Douglas Aircraft Co. 90 F. Supp. 670 1950 1 United States
Johnson v. Johnson 15 R.I. 109 1885 1 Rhode Island
Bridgman v. Bridgman 30 W. Va. 212 1887 1 West Virginia
Briggs v. Probate Court 23 R.I. 125 1901 1 Rhode Island
Doe on Demise of See v. Craigen 35 Va. 449 1836 1 Virginia
Fisk v. Keene 35 Me. 349 1853 1 Maine
Wills v. Foltz 61 W. Va. 262 1907 1 West Virginia
Mason's Devisees v. Peter's Administrators 15 Va. 437 1810 1 Virginia
Wright v. Hencock 17 Va. 521 1812 1 Virginia
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee