Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Courtenay v. Courtenay 90 Miss. 181 1907 1 Mississippi
Bliss v. McIntyre 18 Vt. 466 1846 1 Vermont
Waterman v. Vose 43 Me. 504 1857 1 Maine
White v. Hass 32 Ala. 430 1858 1 Alabama
Pitts v. Sheriff 108 Mo. 110 1891 1 Missouri
Wilentz v. Hendrickson 133 N.J. Eq. 447 1943 1 New Jersey
Smith v. Smith 190 Misc. 298 1947 1 New York
In re Liberatore 574 F.2d 78 1978 1 United States
Freeman v. Califano 574 F.2d 264 1978 1 United States
Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald 575 F.2d 239 1978 1 United States
Hager v. Shindler 29 Cal. 47 1865 1 California
Agostin v. Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp. 354 Pa. 543 1946 1 Pennsylvania
Thompson v. Massie 41 Ohio St. 307 1884 1 Ohio
Smith v. Mace 44 N.H. 553 1860 1 New Hampshire
Pelton v. Prescott 13 Iowa 567 1862 1 Iowa
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Rathbone 1 W. Va. 87 1865 1 West Virginia
Meyer v. Huneke 65 Barb. 304 1873 1 New York
Matteson v. Ellsworth 33 Wis. 488 1873 1 Wisconsin
Hemler v. Adcock 166 La. 703 1928 1 Louisiana
Kilkelly v. Martin 34 Wis. 525 1874 1 Wisconsin