Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gregory v. Gate 71 Va. 83 1878 1 Virginia
Millikin v. Welliver 37 Ohio St. 460 1882 1 Ohio
Rutherford v. Mayo 76 Va. 117 1882 1 Virginia
Patterson v. Read 42 N.J. Eq. 146 1886 1 New Jersey
Mellinger v. Mellinger 73 Ohio St. 221 1906 1 Ohio
Beard v. Callison 133 W. Va. 121 1949 1 West Virginia
Shuman v. Shuman 9 W. Va. 50 1876 1 West Virginia
Penn v. Guggenheimer 76 Va. 839 1882 1 Virginia
Reville v. Dubach 60 Kan. 572 1899 1 Kansas
Colored Industrial School v. Bates 90 Ohio St. 288 1914 1 Ohio
Commonwealth v. Martin's Executors 19 Va. 117 1816 1 Virginia
Tazewell v. Smith's Administrator 22 Va. 313 1823 1 Virginia
Union National Bank v. Hartwell 84 Ala. 379 1887 1 Alabama
Carr v. Branch 85 Va. 597 1889 1 Virginia
Tyler v. Lewis 143 La. 229 1918 1 Louisiana
Findley v. Findley 42 W. Va. 372 1896 1 West Virginia
Bank of Ukiah v. Rice 143 Cal. 265 1904 1 California
Thornagel v. Pforr 144 Cal. 121 1904 1 California
Williams v. Lobban 206 Mo. 399 1907 1 Missouri
Gilbreath v. Cosgrove 193 Mo. App. 419 1916 1 Missouri