Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
In re the Estate of Kavanagh 133 Misc. 399 1928 1 New York
People v. Buddensieck 4 N.Y. Crim. 230 1886 1 New York
People v. Price 6 N.Y. Crim. 141 1888 1 New York
Michel v. Sammis 15 Fla. 308 1875 1 Florida
J. A. Deneufville's adm'r v. Travis's adm'r 46 Va. 28 1848 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Mills 217 Pa. Super. 269 1970 1 Pennsylvania
Defferari v. Terry 99 S.W.2d 290 1936 1 Texas
State v. Pringle 147 Wash. 555 1928 1 Washington
Orena v. United States 956 F. Supp. 1071 1997 1 United States
State v. Hull 45 W. Va. 767 1899 1 West Virginia
In re Moon's Will 107 Vt. 92 1935 1 Vermont
Miller v. Arnold 81 So. 2d 181 1955 1 Louisiana
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Calwell v. Prindle's Adm'r 11 W. Va. 307 1877 1 West Virginia
Cline v. Jones 111 Ill. 563 1884 1 Illinois
Murdock Parlor Grate Co. v. Commonwealth 152 Mass. 28 1890 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Gay 153 Mass. 211 1891 1 Massachusetts
Fonseca v. Cunard Steamship Co. 153 Mass. 553 1891 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. McCarty 165 Mass. 37 1895 1 Massachusetts