Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Norris v. Hume 29 Va. 334 1830 1 Virginia
Hulet v. Barnett 10 Ohio 459 1841 1 Ohio
Hudson v. Kline 50 Va. 379 1852 1 Virginia
George v. Strange's Ex'or 51 Va. 499 1853 1 Virginia
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia
Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 24 Conn. 94 1855 1 Connecticut
Dowell v. Winters 20 Tex. 793 1858 1 Texas
Briggs v. Smith 5 R.I. 213 1858 1 Rhode Island
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Crumbacker v. Seabright 15 W. Va. 590 1879 1 West Virginia
Fisher v. Burdett 21 W. Va. 626 1883 1 West Virginia
Tapp's Adm'r v. Rankin 36 Va. 172 1838 1 Virginia
Missouri River Telegraph Co. v. First National Bank 74 Ill. 217 1874 1 Illinois
Bennett v. People 96 Ill. 602 1880 1 Illinois
Galena & Southern Wisconsin Railroad v. Barrett 95 Ill. 467 1880 1 Illinois
Swiss Oil Corp. v. Fyffe 296 Ky. 178 1943 1 Kentucky
Pattison v. Gulf Bag Co. 116 La. 963 1906 1 Louisiana
Ackerman v. Larner 116 La. 101 1906 1 Louisiana
Sperier v. Ott 116 La. 1087 1906 1 Louisiana
Interstate Trust & Banking Co. v. Young 135 La. 465 1914 1 Louisiana