Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sager v. Tupper 38 Mich. 258 1878 1 Michigan
Harnsbarger's Adm'r v. Kinney 54 Va. 511 1856 1 Virginia
Halliday v. Hart 30 N.Y. 474 1864 1 New York
Shepherd v. Wysong 3 W. Va. 46 1868 1 West Virginia
Coleman v. Commonwealth 66 Va. 865 1874 1 Virginia
Merchants' & Mechanics' Bank of Wheeling v. Evans 9 W. Va. 373 1876 1 West Virginia
Sayre v. King 17 W. Va. 562 1880 1 West Virginia
Glenn v. Morgan 23 W. Va. 467 1884 1 West Virginia
Funk v. United States 16 App. D.C. 478 1900 1 District of Columbia
Massey v. State 222 Ga. 143 1966 1 Georgia
Rider v. State 121 Ga. App. 677 1970 1 Georgia
Blakeley v. Adams 113 Ky. 398 1902 1 Kentucky
Gates v. Gates 149 Minn. 391 1921 1 Minnesota
Walton v. Kendrick 122 Mo. 504 1894 1 Missouri
Stephens v. Stephens 129 Mo. 422 1895 1 Missouri
Miller v. Miller 96 Miss. 526 1910 1 Mississippi
Nunley v. Willcutt 128 Mont. 145 1954 1 Montana
State v. Lawrence 196 N.C. 562 1929 1 North Carolina
State v. Rodriguez 23 N.M. 156 1917 1 New Mexico
Elledge v. Great American Indemnity Co. 312 S.W.2d 722 1958 1 Texas