Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
De Camp v. Dobbins 29 N.J. Eq. 36 1878 1 New Jersey
Culbertson v. Young 86 Mo. App. 277 1900 1 Missouri
Breck v. State 4 Ohio C.C. 160 1889 1 Ohio
Mehall v. Baggett 231 F. Supp. 462 1964 1 United States
Monell v. Department of Social Services 436 U.S. 658 1978 1 United States
Kilgore's Adm'r v. Hanley 27 W. Va. 451 1886 1 West Virginia
Read v. Hewitt 120 La. 288 1907 1 Louisiana
Marx v. McGlynn 88 N.Y. 357 1882 1 New York
Armitage v. Mace 96 N.Y. 538 1884 1 New York
Spearman v. State 152 S.W. 915 1912 1 Texas
Freeman v. Freeman 71 W. Va. 303 1912 1 West Virginia
Wolfle v. United States 291 U.S. 7 1934 1 United States
Adams v. Wheeler 27 Mass. 199 1830 1 Massachusetts
Harris v. Tyson 24 Pa. 347 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Cribbins v. Markwood 54 Va. 495 1856 1 Virginia
Cleere v. Cleere 82 Ala. 581 1886 1 Alabama
Campbell v. Dexter 17 D.C. App. 454 1901 1 District of Columbia
Doheny v. Lacy 168 N.Y. 213 1901 1 New York
Howe v. Stevens 47 Vt. 262 1875 1 Vermont
Cuzzourt v. Popham 58 Ga. App. 758 1938 1 Georgia