Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 162 So. 826 1935 1 Louisiana
Adye v. Smith 44 Conn. 60 1876 1 Connecticut
Roy's Ex'ors v. Rowzie 66 Va. 599 1874 1 Virginia
Miller v. Teachout 24 Ohio St. 525 1874 1 Ohio
Kimmel v. Wagner 1 Walk. 191 1874 1 Pennsylvania
In re Acquiring Title by The City of New York 217 N.Y. 1 1916 1 New York
Bible Society v. Pendleton 7 W. Va. 79 1873 1 West Virginia
Kelly v. Love's Adm'r 61 Va. 124 1870 1 Virginia
Cromie's heirs v. Louisville Orphans' Home Society 66 Ky. 365 1867 1 Kentucky
Fontenot v. Succession of Garland 352 So. 2d 251 1977 1 Louisiana
State v. Brown 29 Mont. 179 1903 1 Montana
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
Jacobs v. State 396 So. 2d 1113 1981 1 Florida
Levy v. Levy 33 N.Y. 97 1865 1 New York
People v. Reid 195 Cal. 249 1924 1 California
German Land Ass'n v. Scholler 10 Minn. 331 1865 1 Minnesota
Fosselman v. Elder 98 Pa. 159 1881 1 Pennsylvania
Lewis v. Tisdale 75 Ark. 321 1905 1 Arkansas
Rowe v. State 181 Ga. App. 492 1987 1 Georgia