Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Reiersen v. Comm'r of Revenue 26 Mass. App. Ct. 124 1988 1 Massachusetts
Hughes v. Peacehealth 344 Or. 142 2008 1 Oregon
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Illinois
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
Phœbe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Illinois
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
United States ex rel. Garland v. Morris 26 F. Cas. 1318 1854 0 United States
Knorr v. Home Insurance 25 Wis. 143 1869 0 Wisconsin
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Illinois
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois