Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hope v. People 83 N.Y. 418 1881 1 New York
Elizabethtown Savings Institution v. Gerber 34 N.J. Eq. 130 1881 1 New Jersey
Phares v. Saunders's Adm'r 18 W. Va. 336 1881 1 West Virginia
Jackson v. Miner 101 Ill. 550 1881 1 Illinois
Merrick v. Merrick 37 Ohio St. 126 1881 1 Ohio
Personette v. Pryme 34 N.J. Eq. 26 1881 1 New Jersey
Gray v. State ex rel. Mills 78 Ind. 68 1881 1 Indiana
O’Connor v. City of Memphis 74 Tenn. 730 1881 1 Tennessee
Bruce v. Bickerton 18 W. Va. 342 1881 1 West Virginia
Orr v. Wiley 19 W. Va. 150 1881 1 West Virginia
Wood v. State 58 Miss. 741 1881 1 Mississippi
G. H. & S. A. R’y Co. v. Marsden 1 White & W. 560 1881 1 Texas
Burgett v. Paxton 99 Ill. 288 1881 1 Illinois
Leach v. Buckner 19 W. Va. 36 1881 1 West Virginia
Newark Savings Institution v. Forman 33 N.J. Eq. 436 1881 1 New Jersey
Gillett v. Bate 86 N.Y. 87 1881 1 New York
Thompson v. Tilton 34 N.J. Eq. 306 1881 1 New Jersey
Pairo v. Bethell 75 Va. 825 1881 1 Virginia
Whitmore v. Hardin 3 Utah 121 1881 1 Utah
In re the last will of Eddy 33 N.J. Eq. 574 1881 1 New Jersey