Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Seamonds v. Hodge 36 W. Va. 304 1892 1 West Virginia
Stace v. Bumgardner 89 Va. 418 1892 1 Virginia
Fackler v. Berry 93 Va. 565 1896 1 Virginia
Fitzpatrick v. Fitzpatrick 100 Va. 552 1902 1 Virginia
Courtenay v. Courtenay 90 Miss. 181 1907 1 Mississippi
Bliss v. McIntyre 18 Vt. 466 1846 1 Vermont
Waterman v. Vose 43 Me. 504 1857 1 Maine
White v. Hass 32 Ala. 430 1858 1 Alabama
Pitts v. Sheriff 108 Mo. 110 1891 1 Missouri
Wilentz v. Hendrickson 133 N.J. Eq. 447 1943 1 New Jersey
Smith v. Smith 190 Misc. 298 1947 1 New York
In re Liberatore 574 F.2d 78 1978 1 United States
Freeman v. Califano 574 F.2d 264 1978 1 United States
Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald 575 F.2d 239 1978 1 United States
Hager v. Shindler 29 Cal. 47 1865 1 California
Agostin v. Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp. 354 Pa. 543 1946 1 Pennsylvania
Thompson v. Massie 41 Ohio St. 307 1884 1 Ohio
Smith v. Mace 44 N.H. 553 1860 1 New Hampshire
Pelton v. Prescott 13 Iowa 567 1862 1 Iowa
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Rathbone 1 W. Va. 87 1865 1 West Virginia