Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Kearny v. Jeffries 48 Miss. 343 1873 1 Mississippi
McLaughlin v. Green 48 Miss. 175 1873 1 Mississippi
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Chapman v. Erie Railway Co. 1 Thomp. & Cook 526 1873 1 New York
Carson v. Railsback 3 Wash. Terr. 168 1887 1 Washington
Four Seas Center, Ltd. v. Davres, Inc. 754 F.2d 1416 1985 1 United States
McMillen v. Douglas Aircraft Co. 90 F. Supp. 670 1950 1 United States
Johnson v. Johnson 15 R.I. 109 1885 1 Rhode Island
Bridgman v. Bridgman 30 W. Va. 212 1887 1 West Virginia
Briggs v. Probate Court 23 R.I. 125 1901 1 Rhode Island
Doe on Demise of See v. Craigen 35 Va. 449 1836 1 Virginia
Fisk v. Keene 35 Me. 349 1853 1 Maine
Murray v. Laird 446 So. 2d 575 1984 1 Mississippi
Wills v. Foltz 61 W. Va. 262 1907 1 West Virginia
Mason's Devisees v. Peter's Administrators 15 Va. 437 1810 1 Virginia
Wright v. Hencock 17 Va. 521 1812 1 Virginia
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York
Benjamin v. Le Baron's Administrator 15 Ohio 517 1846 1 Ohio
Spencer v. Spencer 115 Miss. 71 1917 1 Mississippi