Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Wise v. Leonhardt 128 N.C. 289 1901 1 North Carolina
Beekman v. People 27 Barb. 260 1858 1 New York
Lepage v. McNamara 5 Iowa 124 1857 1 Iowa
Carder v. Bank of West Virginia 34 W. Va. 38 1890 1 West Virginia
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Lux v. Haggin 69 Cal. 255 1886 1 California
Lankenau v. Coggeshall & Hicks 350 F.2d 61 1965 1 United States
Lathan v. Edwards 121 F.2d 183 1941 1 United States
Goodman v. Goodman 150 Va. 42 1928 1 Virginia
Quarles v. Fowlkes 147 Va. 493 1927 1 Virginia
Dean v. Negley 41 Pa. 312 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. McPhail 547 Pa. 519 1997 1 Pennsylvania
Agostin v. Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp. 354 Pa. 543 1946 1 Pennsylvania
Hale v. Everett 53 N.H. 9 1868 1 New Hampshire
Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Lee 288 U.S. 517 1933 1 United States
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Bryant v. Whitcher 52 N.H. 158 1872 1 New Hampshire
Burleigh v. Clough 52 N.H. 267 1872 1 New Hampshire