Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Noonan v. Ilsley 22 Wis. 27 1867 1 Wisconsin
Giltinan v. Strong 64 Pa. 242 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Fluharty v. Beatty 4 W. Va. 514 1871 1 West Virginia
Burlew v. Quarrier 16 W. Va. 108 1880 1 West Virginia
McCoy v. McCoy 29 W. Va. 794 1887 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Tyson 192 So. 61 1939 1 Louisiana
Gleghorne v. Gleghorne 118 Pa. 383 1888 1 Pennsylvania
Kenney v. Matlack 9 Sadler 437 1888 1 Pennsylvania
Beale v. Kline 183 Pa. 149 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Miller v. Gillispie 54 W. Va. 450 1903 1 West Virginia
Smith v. White 63 W. Va. 472 1908 1 West Virginia
Lynchburg Cotton Mills v. Rives 112 Va. 137 1911 1 Virginia
Lessee of Snyder v. Snyder 6 Binn. 483 1814 1 Pennsylvania
Doughty v. Doughty 7 N.J. Eq. 227 1848 1 New Jersey
Tracey v. Sacket 1 Ohio St. 54 1852 1 Ohio
Graham v. Pancoast 30 Pa. 89 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Shorter v. State 147 Tenn. 355 1922 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Knox County 187 Tenn. 8 1948 1 Tennessee
Varner v. Core 20 W. Va. 472 1882 1 West Virginia
Central Trust Co. of New York v. Ashville Land Co. 72 F. 361 1896 1 United States