Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Little v. Commonwealth 66 Va. 921 1874 1 Virginia
New York, Phila. & Norfolk R. R. v. Kellam's Adm'r 83 Va. 851 1887 1 Virginia
State v. Goodwin 32 W. Va. 177 1889 1 West Virginia
Bowers v. Langston 156 La. 188 1923 1 Louisiana
Green v. Tuttle 5 Ariz. 179 1897 1 Arizona
Doughten v. Vandever 5 Del. Ch. 51 1875 1 Delaware
Preston v. Heiskell's Trustee 73 Va. 48 1879 1 Virginia
Burke v. Lee & Wife 76 Va. 386 1882 1 Virginia
Atkinson v. Sutton 23 W. Va. 197 1883 1 West Virginia
State Savings Bank v. Stewart 93 Va. 447 1896 1 Virginia
Sherman v. Sherman 118 Cal. 428 1897 1 California
Flanary v. Kane 102 Va. 547 1904 1 Virginia
App v. App 106 Va. 253 1906 1 Virginia
McDonald v. Shaw 92 Ark. 15 1909 1 Arkansas
Jones v. Jones 223 Mo. 424 1909 1 Missouri
Davis v. Seybold 195 F. 402 1912 1 United States
Heywood v. Heywood 92 Neb. 72 1912 1 Nebraska
Hunt v. Furman 132 W. Va. 706 1949 1 West Virginia
Weiss v. Soto 142 W. Va. 783 1957 1 West Virginia
Painter v. Coleman 211 W. Va. 451 2002 1 West Virginia