Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Langer v. Olson 44 N.D. 614 1920 1 North Dakota
Davis v. County of McLean 52 N.D. 857 1925 1 North Dakota
Gunn v. Ohio River R’d 37 W. Va. 421 1892 1 West Virginia
Thompson v. Douglass 35 W. Va. 337 1891 1 West Virginia
Territory of Dakota v. Webster 5 Dakota 351 1888 1 Dakota Territory
Scurto v. Le Blanc 191 La. 136 1938 1 Louisiana
Scurto v. Le Blanc 184 So. 567 1938 1 Louisiana
Van Ooteghem v. Gray 628 F.2d 488 1980 1 United States
Johnson v. Jacob 74 Ky. 646 1876 1 Kentucky
Ruffner v. Love 24 W. Va. 181 1884 1 West Virginia
Little v. Haik 246 La. 121 1964 1 Louisiana
Hall v. Dotson 55 Tex. 520 1881 1 Texas
In re Will of Hall 252 N.C. 70 1960 1 North Carolina
Miller v. McLean 252 N.C. 171 1960 1 North Carolina
State v. Warren 235 N.C. 117 1952 1 North Carolina
State v. Medley 66 W. Va. 216 1909 1 West Virginia
Emmons v. Hawk 62 W. Va. 526 1907 1 West Virginia
Ohio River R. v. Blake 38 W. Va. 718 1894 1 West Virginia
Buckey v. Buckey 38 W. Va. 168 1893 1 West Virginia
Johnson v. Johnson 45 Mo. 595 1870 1 Missouri