Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Page 14 Va. 945 1809 1 Virginia
Smith v. Hickman's Heirs 3 Tenn. 330 1813 1 Tennessee
Jackson's Assignees v. Cutright 19 Va. 308 1817 1 Virginia
Kuder v. Greene 72 Ark. 504 1904 1 Arkansas
Fort v. Wilson 3 Iowa 153 1856 1 Iowa
Elliott v. Landis Machine Co. 236 Mo. 546 1911 1 Missouri
Foster v. Winstanley 39 Mont. 314 1909 1 Montana
East Tennessee Coal Co. v. Taylor 131 Tenn. 11 1914 1 Tennessee
Barrett v. Thomas 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 67 1850 1 Tennessee
Wetherbee v. Chase 57 Vt. 347 1885 1 Vermont
Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society, Protestant Episcopal Church v. Eells 68 Vt. 497 1896 1 Vermont
Hall v. Allen 31 Wis. 691 1873 1 Wisconsin
Dower v. Seeds 28 W. Va. 113 1886 1 West Virginia
Matthews v. Nefsy 13 Wyo. 458 1905 1 Wyoming
Woodruff v. Mutschler 34 N.J. Eq. 33 1881 1 New Jersey
Hutcheson v. Grubbs 80 Va. 251 1885 1 Virginia
Hulings v. Hulings Lumber. Co. 38 W. Va. 351 1893 1 West Virginia
Liberty Shop, Ltd. v. Colston 144 So. 531 1932 1 Louisiana
Johnston v. Gray 16 Serg. & Rawle 361 1827 1 Pennsylvania
Desloge v. Ranger 7 Mo. 327 1842 1 Missouri