Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Runkle v. Gates 11 Ind. 95 1858 1 Indiana
Kent v. Mahaffey 10 Ohio St. 204 1859 1 Ohio
Guthrie v. Price 23 Ark. 396 1861 1 Arkansas
Timberlake v. State 246 Ga. 488 1980 1 Georgia
Barnes v. Mance 246 Ga. 314 1980 1 Georgia
State v. Roberts 247 Ga. 456 1981 1 Georgia
Jepson v. Patrick 39 Ga. 569 1869 1 Georgia
Small v. Small 56 Kan. 1 1895 1 Kansas
People v. Stein 35 N.Y. Crim. 117 1916 1 New York
Commonwealth v. Nelson 377 Pa. 58 1954 1 Pennsylvania
Klein v. New Castle County 370 F. Supp. 85 1974 1 United States
White v. Holderby 192 F.2d 722 1951 1 United States
Lovell v. Cragin 136 U.S. 130 1890 1 United States
Weinstein v. Sea View, Inc. 188 F.2d 116 1951 1 United States
Roberts ex rel. Inmates of California State Prison for Men v. State of California Department of Corrections 183 F.2d 580 1950 1 United States
Manuel v. Manuel 13 Ohio St. 458 1862 1 Ohio
Rollwagen v. Rollwagen 5 Thomp. & Cook 402 1875 1 New York
Sumwalt v. Sumwalt 52 Md. 338 1879 1 Maryland
In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Sickles 63 N.J. Eq. 233 1901 1 New Jersey
Lipphard v. Humphrey 28 App. D.C. 355 1906 1 District of Columbia