Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Cameron ex rel. Helm v. Gibson 1 Miss. 500 1832 1 Mississippi
Ballance v. Samuel 4 Ill. 380 1842 1 Illinois
Somerville v. Grim 17 W. Va. 803 1881 1 West Virginia
Reynolds v. Hurst 18 W. Va. 648 1881 1 West Virginia
Leavell v. Smith's Executor 99 Va. 374 1901 1 Virginia
Graves v. M'Call 5 Va. 414 1798 1 Virginia
Duvall v. Bibb 7 Va. 362 1803 1 Virginia
Waddington v. Banks 28 F. Cas. 1316 1805 1 United States
Kimball v. Walker 30 Ill. 482 1863 1 Illinois
In re Bryan 4 F. Cas. 503 1869 1 United States
Millington v. Hill, Fontaine & Co. 47 Ark. 301 1886 1 Arkansas
Cowles v. Bacon 21 Conn. 451 1852 1 Connecticut
Hughes v. Sheaff 19 Iowa 335 1865 1 Iowa
Walker v. Braden 34 Kan. 660 1886 1 Kansas
Twell v. Twell 6 Mont. 19 1886 1 Montana
Kidder v. Barr 35 N.H. 235 1857 1 New Hampshire
Schaffler v. Handwerker 152 Tenn. 329 1925 1 Tennessee
Crutchfield v. Donathon 49 Tex. 691 1878 1 Texas
Damon v. Damon 28 Wis. 510 1871 1 Wisconsin
In re Senior Housing Alternatives, Inc. 444 B.R. 386 2011 1 United States