Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mathews v. O'Donnell 289 Mo. 235 1921 1 Missouri
Taylor v. Smith 54 Miss. 50 1876 1 Mississippi
Mairs v. Freeman 3 Redf. 181 1877 1 New York
Derby v. Heath 59 Ohio St. 54 1898 1 Ohio
Marconnier v. Preston 96 Wash. 374 1917 1 Washington
Holden v. Meadows 31 Wis. 284 1872 1 Wisconsin
Ballantine v. Ballantine 152 F. 775 1907 1 United States
Watson v. Huntington 215 F. 472 1914 1 United States
Richardson v. Duble 74 Va. 730 1880 1 Virginia
Strother's Adm'r v. Mitchell's Ex'or 80 Va. 149 1885 1 Virginia
Bartlett v. Bartlett 37 W. Va. 235 1892 1 West Virginia
Morris v. Board of Canvassers 49 W. Va. 251 1901 1 West Virginia
Jurgensmeier v. Jurgensmeier 142 Neb. 188 1942 1 Nebraska
Pendleton v. Bell 32 Mo. 100 1862 1 Missouri
Trustees of Berkeley Divinity School v. Jarvis 32 Conn. 412 1865 1 Connecticut
Gallman v. Perrie 47 Miss. 131 1872 1 Mississippi
Thornburg v. Thornburg 18 W. Va. 522 1881 1 West Virginia
Ashworth v. Brown 111 Va. 356 1910 1 Virginia
Dabney's Adm'r v. Smith's Legatees 32 Va. 13 1834 1 Virginia
Wright v. Eaves 31 S.C. Eq. 582 1855 1 South Carolina