Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Sutton v. Sears 10 Ind. 223 1858 1 Indiana
Porter v. Choen 60 Ind. 338 1877 1 Indiana
In re the Estate of Pulling 93 Mich. 274 1892 1 Michigan
Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co. v. McLaughlin, Dyer & Co. 87 Mo. App. 105 1901 1 Missouri
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
Myers v. United States 272 U.S. 52 1926 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
Wheeler v. Stone 4 Gill 38 1846 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 7 Gill 10 1848 0 Maryland
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