Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hodgson v. Butts 7 U.S. 140 1805 1 United States
Greenhow v. Barton 15 Va. 590 1810 1 Virginia
Garland v. Davis 45 U.S. 131 1846 1 United States
Thornton v. Davenport 2 Ill. 296 1836 1 Illinois
Shurtleff v. Willard 36 Mass. 202 1837 1 Massachusetts
Gassner v. Patterson 23 Cal. 299 1863 1 California
Smith v. Kenney 12 D.C. 12 1880 1 District of Columbia
Mohr v. Clark & Curtis 3 Wash. Terr. 440 1888 1 Washington
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Bernice Myers Sharp v. Shelby Edward Sharp 78 So. 2d 491 1955 1 Louisiana
Walker's Adm'x v. Farmers' Bank 13 Del. 258 1888 1 Delaware
Read v. Howe 13 Iowa 50 1862 1 Iowa
Adams v. Storey 135 Ill. 448 1890 1 Illinois
Hartwell v. DeVault 159 Ill. 325 1896 1 Illinois
Sherley v. Sherley 97 Ky. 512 1895 1 Kentucky
Wolff v. Ward 104 Mo. 127 1891 1 Missouri
Ruhling v. Hackett 1 Nev. 360 1865 1 Nevada
Spangler v. Dukes 39 Ohio St. 642 1884 1 Ohio
Julier v. Julier 62 Ohio St. 90 1900 1 Ohio
Dillinger's Appeal 35 Pa. 357 1860 1 Pennsylvania