Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Ketchum v. Dew 47 Tenn. 532 1870 0 Tennessee
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Phœbe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Illinois
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Illinois
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Carpenter v. Miller's Ex'rs 3 W. Va. 174 1869 0 West Virginia
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia