Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hamm v. Hamm 437 S.W.2d 449 1969 1 Missouri
Henderson County v. Smyth 216 N.C. 421 1939 1 North Carolina
Jackson v. Carter 128 S.C. 79 1924 1 South Carolina
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
Elton v. O’Connor 6 N.D. 1 1896 1 North Dakota
State v. Gainey 135 La. 459 1914 1 Louisiana
Gillilan v. Ludington 6 W. Va. 128 1873 1 West Virginia
Norfolk & Petersburg R. R. v. Ormsby 68 Va. 455 1876 1 Virginia
Tracy v. Cloyd 10 W. Va. 19 1877 1 West Virginia
Clay v. Alderson's Admr. 10 W. Va. 49 1877 1 West Virginia
Tompkins' Ex'r v. Stephens 10 W. Va. 156 1877 1 West Virginia
Miller v. Insurance Co. 12 W. Va. 116 1877 1 West Virginia
Lambert v. Bond 102 So. 2d 467 1958 1 Louisiana
Almond v. Adams 59 So. 2d 132 1952 1 Louisiana
Rash v. Allen 24 Del. 444 1910 1 Delaware
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
United States v. Tieger 234 F.2d 589 1956 1 United States
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York