Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
French v. Edwards 88 U.S. 147 1874 1 United States
Wilkins v. Taylor 9 Va. 150 1804 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Johnson's Widow 15 Va. 549 1810 1 Virginia
Sydnor v. Sydnors 16 Va. 263 1811 1 Virginia
Warners v. Mason 19 Va. 242 1816 1 Virginia
William v. Beck 12 Ohio 390 1843 1 Ohio
Goodell v. Hibbard 32 Mich. 47 1875 1 Michigan
Rosenthal v. Mayhugh 33 Ohio St. 155 1877 1 Ohio
Bibb v. Bibb 79 Ala. 437 1885 1 Alabama
McClaugherty v. Croft 43 W. Va. 270 1897 1 West Virginia
Edwards v. Edwards 142 Ala. 267 1904 1 Alabama
Ex parte Dalton 44 Ohio St. 142 1886 1 Ohio
Backhouse's Adm'x v. Jones's Ex'or 9 Va. 462 1805 1 Virginia
Quarles's Administratrix v. Littlepage 12 Va. 401 1808 1 Virginia
Gilpin v. Plummer 10 F. Cas. 419 1812 1 United States
Gilpin v. Plummer 2 D.C. 54 1812 1 United States
Executors of Niemcewicz v. Bartlett 13 Ohio 271 1844 1 Ohio
Bonsack & Kiser v. Roanoke County 75 Va. 585 1881 1 Virginia
Gray v. Kemp 88 Va. 201 1891 1 Virginia
Cox v. Phelps 65 Ark. 1 1897 1 Arkansas