Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Kantrowitz v. Prather 31 Ind. 92 1869 1 Indiana
Bahel v. Manning 112 Mich. 24 1897 1 Michigan
Mohr v. Langan 77 Mo. App. 481 1898 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Brown v. White 75 Mo. App. 257 1898 1 Missouri
Best v. Hammond 55 Pa. 409 1867 1 Pennsylvania
Woodward’s Estate 3 Pa. D. & C. 433 1922 1 Pennsylvania
Woodgate v. Fleet 64 N.Y. 566 1876 1 New York
State v. Waine 444 Md. 692 2015 1 jury/crim pro Maryland
Commonwealth v. Myers 5 Pa. D. & C. 410 1924 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Tross 7 Pa. D. & C. 173 1925 1 Pennsylvania
United States v. Schmidt 204 F. Supp. 540 1962 1 United States
Smith v. Parkersburg Co-Operative Ass'n 48 W. Va. 232 1900 1 West Virginia
Heiss v. Murphey 40 Wis. 276 1876 1 Wisconsin
Taliaferro v. Minor 6 Va. 190 1799 1 Virginia
Strickland v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co. 134 La. 238 1913 1 Louisiana
Crown Cork & Seal Co. v. Grapico Bottling Works 1 La. App. 638 1925 1 Louisiana
Cresap v. Cresap 54 W. Va. 581 1904 1 West Virginia
Weaver v. Neal 61 W. Va. 57 1906 1 West Virginia
Murnan v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. 585 F. Supp. 2d 825 2008 1 United States
In re the Application for a Construction of Last Will & Testament of Grossman 131 Misc. 526 1928 1 New York