Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Succession of Bibbins 152 So. 592 1934 1 Louisiana
Field v. Wilbur 49 Vt. 157 1876 1 Vermont
Dukes v. Spangler 35 Ohio St. 119 1878 1 Ohio
Sears v. Giddey 41 Mich. 590 1879 1 Michigan
Shafer v. Shafer 10 Neb. 468 1880 1 Nebraska
Bertles v. Nunan 92 N.Y. 152 1883 1 New York
Vaughan v. Godman 94 Ind. 191 1884 1 Indiana
Galloway v. Estate of McPherson 67 Mich. 546 1887 1 Michigan
Bruff v. Thompson 31 W. Va. 16 1888 1 West Virginia
Romer v. Koch 56 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 483 1888 1 New York
Romer v. Koch 2 N.Y.S. 540 1888 1 New York
Creamer v. Bivert 214 Mo. 473 1908 1 Missouri
Charter v. Otis 41 Barb. 525 1862 1 New York
Harris v. Slaght 46 Barb. 470 1866 1 New York
Hoyle v. Whiteside 1 Thomp. & Cook 301 1873 1 New York
Bedell v. Shaw 59 N.Y. 46 1874 1 New York
Christie v. Hawley 67 N.Y. 133 1876 1 New York
Duff v. Merritt 86 F. 675 1898 1 United States
McCann v. Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road 20 Md. 202 1863 1 Maryland
McHenry v. Marr 39 Md. 510 1874 1 Maryland