Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Smith v. Brannan 13 Cal. 107 1859 1 California
Bauer v. Garrett 79 Cal. 304 1889 1 California
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Pugh v. Powell 8 Sadler 515 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Manguno v. City of New Orleans 155 So. 41 1934 1 Louisiana
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Parker v. Illinois Masonic Warren Barr Pavilion 299 Ill. App. 3d 495 1998 1 Illinois
Hamm v. Hamm 437 S.W.2d 449 1969 1 Missouri
Lambert v. Bond 234 La. 1092 1958 1 Louisiana
Katz v. Eldredge 97 N.J.L. 123 1922 1 New Jersey
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Albreast v. Heaton 276 Ala. 185 1964 1 Alabama
Freehling v. Suerich Enters., Inc. (In re Flanzbaum) 10 B.R. 420 1981 1 United States
Land Development Co. v. Schulz 169 La. 1 1929 1 Louisiana
Henderson County v. Smyth 216 N.C. 421 1939 1 North Carolina
Jackson v. Carter 128 S.C. 79 1924 1 South Carolina
Gillilan v. Ludington 6 W. Va. 128 1873 1 West Virginia