Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Chappell v. Robertson 41 Va. 590 1843 1 Virginia
Donohue v. McNichol 61 Pa. 73 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Burke v. Bishop 27 La. 465 1875 1 Louisiana
Perkins' Trustee v. Dickinson & Co. 44 Va. 335 1846 1 Virginia
Johnston v. Zane's Trustees 52 Va. 552 1854 1 Virginia
Carter v. Greenway 152 Ark. 339 1922 1 Arkansas
Hill v. McRae 27 Ala. 175 1855 1 Alabama
Hall v. Stephens 65 Mo. 670 1877 1 Missouri
Anderson v. Cary 36 Ohio St. 506 1881 1 Ohio
French v. Waterman 79 Va. 617 1884 1 Virginia
Atwood v. Dolan 34 W. Va. 563 1890 1 West Virginia
Dennis v. Village of Elmira Heights 59 A.D. 404 1901 1 New York
Gray's Administratrix v. Berryman 18 Va. 181 1814 1 Virginia
Succession of Leroy 157 La. 1077 1925 1 Louisiana
Vercher v. Roy 171 La. 524 1930 1 Louisiana
Montgomery v. Rose 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 5 1855 1 Virginia
Morris v. Lyon 84 Va. 331 1888 1 Virginia
Thornburg v. Bowen 37 W. Va. 538 1893 1 West Virginia
Rees v. Rees 82 W. Va. 598 1918 1 West Virginia
Badger v. Phinney 15 Mass. 359 1819 1 Massachusetts