Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilliat v. Lynch 29 Va. 493 1831 1 Virginia
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Kilcrease's heirs v. Blythe 25 Tenn. 378 1845 1 Tennessee
Cook v. Berkley 7 Va. 378 1803 1 Virginia
Tennell v. Dozier 3 Ky. 47 1806 1 Kentucky
Allen v. Belches 12 Va. 595 1808 1 Virginia
Ogden's Appeal 70 Pa. 501 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Hooe v. Tebbs 15 Va. 501 1810 1 Virginia
Segouine v. Auditor of Public Accounts 18 Va. 398 1815 1 Virginia
Cookes v. Patriotic Bank of Washington 28 Va. 433 1829 1 Virginia
Fletcher v. Chapman 29 Va. 560 1831 1 Virginia
Ex parte Crittenden 10 Ark. 333 1850 1 Arkansas
Souter & Co. v. Graham's Adm'r 15 Mo. 268 1851 1 Missouri
Monteith v. Commonwealth 56 Va. 172 1859 1 Virginia
Board of Supervisors of Washington Co. v. Dunn 68 Va. 608 1876 1 Virginia
Board of Education v. Parsons 22 W. Va. 308 1883 1 West Virginia
Shepherd v. Brown 30 W. Va. 13 1887 1 West Virginia
Anderson v. Prince 60 W. Va. 557 1906 1 West Virginia
Chisholm v. Gilmer 299 U.S. 99 1936 1 United States
White v. Jones 1 Va. 116 1792 1 Virginia