Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Fowler 8 Va. 35 1785 1 Virginia
Lang v. Lee 24 Va. 410 1825 1 Virginia
Boyce's Adm'r v. Smith 50 Va. 704 1853 1 Virginia
Heintze v. Bentley 34 N.J. Eq. 562 1881 1 New Jersey
Pritchett v. Jones 87 Ala. 317 1888 1 Alabama
Hamilton National Bank v. Halsted 63 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 530 1890 1 New York
Hamilton National Bank v. Halsted 31 N.Y. St. Rep. 809 1890 1 New York
Gillespie v. Allen 37 W. Va. 675 1893 1 West Virginia
Adams v. Young 200 Mass. 588 1909 1 Massachusetts
Fisher v. Poling 78 W. Va. 289 1916 1 West Virginia
Wartman v. Yost 63 Va. 595 1872 1 Virginia
Morris v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 14 1735 1 Virginia
Barnett v. Watson 1 Va. 372 1794 1 Virginia
Mackie's Executor v. Davis 2 Va. 716 1796 1 Virginia
King v. M'Daniel 8 Va. 451 1799 1 Virginia
Cooke v. Simms 6 Va. 39 1799 1 Virginia
Spotswood v. Pendleton 6 Va. 209 1800 1 Virginia
Taliaferro v. Robb 6 Va. 258 1800 1 Virginia
Seib v. Cooper 170 La. 105 1930 1 Louisiana
Brooks v. Scott's Executor 16 Va. 344 1811 1 Virginia