Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Poling v. Johnson 41 Va. 255 1843 1 Virginia
Wallop's adm'r v. Scarburgh 46 Va. 1 1848 1 Virginia
West v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 529 1848 1 Louisiana
West v. Smith 49 U.S. 402 1850 1 United States
Muire v. Falconer 51 Va. 12 1853 1 Virginia
Hallowell v. Page 24 Mo. 590 1857 1 Missouri
Chapin v. James 11 R.I. 86 1874 1 Rhode Island
Logan v. Hillegass 16 Cal. 200 1860 1 California
Davis v. Commonwealth 57 Va. 134 1861 1 Virginia
State v. Daley 54 Or. 514 1909 1 Oregon
Hitz v. Jenks 185 U.S. 155 1902 1 United States
Bradley v. Lightcap 195 U.S. 1 1904 1 United States
Dallemagne v. Moisan 197 U.S. 169 1905 1 United States
In re Strauss 197 U.S. 324 1905 1 United States
Clyatt v. United States 197 U.S. 207 1905 1 United States
Bond v. Wilson 8 Kan. 228 1871 1 Kansas
Smith & Atkinson v. Knight 14 W. Va. 749 1879 1 West Virginia
B. & O. R. R. v. Bitner 15 W. Va. 455 1879 1 West Virginia
Phares v. Saunders's Adm'r 18 W. Va. 336 1881 1 West Virginia
Lanahan & Son v. Drew 72 Ill. App. 203 1897 1 Illinois