Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Brannan 13 Cal. 107 1859 1 California
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Scates v. Wilson & Edmunds 36 Va. 170 1838 1 Virginia
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
People ex rel. Dunn v. Bunker 70 Cal. 212 1886 1 California
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
Bennett v. Child 19 Wis. 362 1865 1 Wisconsin
Oney v. Ferguson 41 W. Va. 568 1895 1 West Virginia
Guernsey v. Lazear 51 W. Va. 328 1902 1 West Virginia
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Callis v. Waddy 16 Va. 511 1811 1 Virginia
Stout v. Kindt 24 Pa. 449 1855 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Whitter 18 W. Va. 306 1881 1 West Virginia
State v. Cain 20 W. Va. 679 1882 1 West Virginia
State v. Robinson 20 W. Va. 713 1882 1 West Virginia
Black's Administrator v. Thomas 21 W. Va. 709 1883 1 West Virginia
Baker Bank & Trust Co. v. Chausse 393 So. 2d 261 1980 1 Louisiana
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Bisso 179 La. 56 1934 1 Louisiana
Schmidt v. Prince George’s Hospital 366 Md. 535 2001 1 Maryland