Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Duke v. State 20 Ohio St. 225 1870 1 Ohio
Blair v. Brabson 4 Tenn. 19 1816 1 Tennessee
Woodfork v. Union Bank 43 Tenn. 488 1866 1 Tennessee
Alexander v. Muse 112 Tenn. 233 1903 1 Tennessee
Spurlock v. Gill 3 Shan. Cas. 43 1878 1 Tennessee
Hemphill v. Watson 2 Tex. L. R. 600 1884 1 Texas
Hemphill v. Watson 60 Tex. 679 1884 1 Texas
Illinois Cent. R. v. Ihlenberg 75 F. 873 1896 1 United States
Green v. Ball 67 Ky. 586 1868 1 Kentucky
Brewer v. Bain 60 Ala. 153 1877 1 Alabama
Smith's Ex'x v. Washington City, Virginia Midland & Great Southern Railroad 74 Va. 617 1880 1 Virginia
Magnusson v. Charleson 9 Ill. App. 194 1881 1 Illinois
Zane v. Fink 18 W. Va. 693 1881 1 West Virginia
McNeel's Ex'rs v. Auldridge 34 W. Va. 748 1891 1 West Virginia
Burner v. Hevener 34 W. Va. 774 1891 1 West Virginia
United States v. La Abra Silver Mining Co. 29 Ct. Cl. 432 1894 1 United States
Yurman Studio, Inc. v. Castaneda 591 F. Supp. 2d 471 2008 1 United States
Vosburgh v. Thayer 12 Johns. 461 1815 1 New York
Shobe v. Bell 22 Va. 39 1822 1 Virginia
Chase v. Smith 5 Vt. 556 1833 1 Vermont