Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Duncan 2 Bland 45 1826 1 Maryland
Healey v. Toppan 45 N.H. 243 1864 1 New Hampshire
Denike v. Harris 30 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 213 1880 1 New York
Denike v. Harris 84 N.Y. 89 1881 1 New York
Crosas v. Crosas 14 P.R. 808 1908 1 Puerto Rico
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
McLaughlin v. Braddy 63 S.C. 433 1902 1 South Carolina
Sneed v. Jenkins 90 Tenn. 137 1891 1 Tennessee
Godsey v. Lenderson 9 Tenn. App. 580 1929 1 Tennessee
McGowan v. Maryland 366 U.S. 420 1961 1 United States
United States v. Goldstein 386 F. Supp. 833 1973 1 United States
Bank of America v. Greene 465 B.R. 789 2012 1 United States
Bank of Sherman v. Apperson 4 F. 25 1880 1 United States
Vangilder v. Hoffman 22 W. Va. 1 1883 1 West Virginia
McComb v. Donald's Administrator 82 Va. 903 1886 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate v. De Baillon 113 La. 572 1904 1 Louisiana
Keithley v. Wood 151 Ill. 566 1894 1 Illinois
Thomas v. White 13 Ky. 177 1823 1 Kentucky
Hawkin's adm'r v. Craig 22 Ky. 254 1827 1 Kentucky
Morrow's Adm'r v. Peyton's Adm'r 35 Va. 54 1837 1 Virginia