Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois
Thompson v. Thompson 5 W. Va. 190 1872 1 West Virginia
Howe v. Treasurer of Plainfield 37 N.J.L. 145 1874 1 New Jersey
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Illinois
Moore v. People 55 U.S. 13 1852 0 United States
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Illinois
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Indiana
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Illinois
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States