Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ferguson v. Sutphen 8 Ill. 547 1846 1 Illinois
Degant v. Michael 2 Ind. 396 1850 1 Indiana
State v. Moore 6 Ind. 436 1855 1 Indiana
Vance v. Vance 59 Ky. 581 1859 1 Kentucky
Lynch v. Clarke 1 Sand. Ch. 583 1844 1 New York
Henry v. Lowell 16 Barb. 268 1853 1 New York
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Keiffer 22 Pa. 356 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Weaver v. Fegely & Brother 29 Pa. 27 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Martin v. Southern Ry. 51 S.C. 150 1897 1 South Carolina
Crawford v. Southern Ry. Co. 56 S.C. 136 1899 1 South Carolina
Cocke v. Garrett 66 Tenn. 360 1874 1 Tennessee
Avery v. Johnson 108 Tex. 294 1917 1 Texas
Dakan v. Dakan 125 Tex. 305 1935 1 Texas
Brooker v. Brooker 130 Tex. 27 1937 1 Texas
Lindsley v. Lindsley 139 Tex. 512 1942 1 Texas
Wolkewitz v. Wood 216 S.W.2d 611 1948 1 Texas
Mullanphy ex rel. O'Fallon v. Reilly 8 Mo. 675 1844 1 Missouri
Patterson v. Kates 152 F. 481 1907 1 United States
Succession of Packwood 9 Rob. 438 1845 1 Louisiana
Thompson v. Marshall 21 Or. 171 1891 1 Oregon