Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
McIntire v. Yates 104 Ill. 491 1882 1 Illinois
Billings v. Russell 101 N.Y. 226 1886 1 New York
Knox v. Garland 6 Va. 241 1800 1 Virginia
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Lyden 64 Misc. 597 1909 1 New York
Hickman's Ex'or v. Trout 83 Va. 478 1887 1 Virginia
Banner v. May 2 Wash. 221 1891 1 Washington
Darby & Co. v. Gilligan 37 W. Va. 59 1892 1 West Virginia
Furguson v. Bond 39 W. Va. 561 1894 1 West Virginia
Wood v. Harmison 41 W. Va. 376 1895 1 West Virginia
Salemonson v. Thompson 13 N.D. 182 1904 1 North Dakota
Allen v. South Penn Coal Co. 58 W. Va. 197 1905 1 West Virginia
Coffin v. Heath 47 Mass. 76 1843 1 Massachusetts
Sterne v. State 20 Ala. 43 1852 1 Alabama
People v. Welch 26 N.Y.S. 694 1893 1 New York
In re Bell's Estate 34 N.Y.S. 191 1895 1 New York
Mugler v. Kansas 123 U.S. 623 1887 1 United States
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. Simmons 123 U.S. 52 1887 1 United States
Gumbel v. Pitkin 124 U.S. 131 1888 1 United States
Maynard v. Hill 125 U.S. 190 1888 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Van Horn 188 Pa. 143 1898 1 Pennsylvania