Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Rall v. Donnelly 56 Ill. App. 425 1894 1 Illinois
McLaurine v. Monroe's Administrators 30 Mo. 462 1860 1 Missouri
Ewing v. Shannahan 113 Mo. 188 1892 1 Missouri
Bishop v. Chase 156 Mo. 158 1900 1 Missouri
Pearson v. McMillan 37 Miss. 588 1859 1 Mississippi
Beck v. Beck 181 So. 635 1938 1 Louisiana
Davis v. Crandall 101 N.Y. 311 1886 1 New York
Lessee of Ward v. Racer 20 Ohio 250 1851 1 Ohio
Lessee of Ward v. Barrows 2 Ohio St. 241 1853 1 Ohio
Turner v. Brock 53 Tenn. 50 1871 1 Tennessee
Duncan v. Ewing's Heirs & Executors 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 29 1875 1 Tennessee
Henley v. Robb 86 Tenn. 474 1888 1 Tennessee
Collins v. McCarty 68 Tex. 150 1887 1 Texas
Terrell v. McCown 87 Tex. 470 1895 1 Texas
United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. 118 U.S. 120 1886 1 United States
United States v. Godley 25 F. Cas. 1341 1818 1 United States
Tate v. Tally 7 Va. 354 1803 1 Virginia
Duncan v. Martin 15 Tenn. 519 1835 1 Tennessee
Fowler v. Saunders 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 1 Virginia
Blakeney v. Fergusen 8 Ark. 272 1848 1 Arkansas