Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Elam v. Keen 31 Va. 333 1833 1 Virginia
Garland v. Pamplin 73 Va. 305 1879 1 Virginia
Powell v. Tarry's Adm'r 77 Va. 250 1883 1 Virginia
Cooke v. Simms 6 Va. 39 1799 1 Virginia
Young v. Scott 25 Va. 415 1826 1 Virginia
Allemong v. Gray's 92 Va. 216 1895 1 Virginia
Leath v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 873 1879 1 Virginia
Ewing v. Ewing 29 Va. 337 1830 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Commonwealth 70 Va. 796 1878 1 Virginia
Pryor v. Commonwealth 68 Va. 1009 1876 1 Virginia
Smith v. Commonwealth 62 Va. 809 1871 1 Virginia
Blosser v. Harshbarger 62 Va. 214 1871 1 Virginia
Grayson v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 613 1850 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Gibbons 68 Va. 632 1876 1 Virginia
Lithgow v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 297 1822 1 Virginia
Jeffries v. Southwest Va. Improvement Co. 88 Va. 862 1892 1 Virginia
Northwestern Bank v. Nelson 42 Va. 109 1844 1 Virginia
Washington City Savings Bank v. Thornton 83 Va. 157 1887 1 Virginia
Norvell v. Lessueur 74 Va. 222 1880 1 Virginia
Robinsons v. Allen 52 Va. 785 1854 1 Virginia