Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Myer v. Rives 11 Ala. 760 1847 1 Alabama
Bentley v. Shreve 2 Md. Ch. 215 1849 1 Maryland
Gray v. Lynch 8 Gill 403 1849 1 Maryland
Nix v. Watts 121 Ark. 346 1915 1 Arkansas
Cothran v. Forsyth 68 Ga. 560 1882 1 Georgia
Perkins v. Castleberry 112 Ga. 626 1901 1 Georgia
Owen v. Georgia Power Co. 83 Ga. App. 807 1951 1 Georgia
Wapello State Savings Bank v. Colton 143 Iowa 359 1909 1 Iowa
Moore v. Riley 487 S.W.2d 555 1972 1 Missouri
Sampson v. W. F. Enterprises, Inc. 611 S.W.2d 333 1980 1 Missouri
Carver v. Schafer 647 S.W.2d 570 1983 1 Missouri
Fergus County v. First State Bank 67 Mont. 1 1923 1 Montana
Rappaport v. Nichols 31 N.J. 188 1959 1 New Jersey
Abrahamson v. Northwestern Pulp & Paper Co. 141 Or. 339 1932 1 Oregon
In re T. H. Bunch Commission Co. 225 F. 243 1915 1 United States
Chew v. Bank of Baltimore 14 Md. 299 1859 1 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Finney 17 Serg. & Rawle 282 1828 1 Pennsylvania
Boyer v. Crichton 100 Cal. App. 24 1929 1 California
Ricketson v. Commonwealth 51 Pa. 155 1866 1 Pennsylvania
Glenn's Ex'crs v. Cockey 16 Md. 446 1860 1 Maryland