Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Trezevant v. Bettis 2 Shan. Cas. 174 1876 1 Tennessee
Williams v. Love 39 Tenn. 80 1858 1 Tennessee
Sanford v. Weller 189 S.W. 1011 1916 1 Texas
Catlin v. Wheeler 49 Wis. 507 1880 1 Wisconsin
American Sunday School Union v. City of Philadelphia 161 Pa. 307 1894 1 Pennsylvania
Lomax v. Hord 13 Va. 271 1809 1 Virginia
Donaghe v. Rankin 18 Va. 261 1814 1 Virginia
Battrell v. Ohio River R'y Co. 34 W. Va. 232 1890 1 West Virginia
Spiker v. Bohrer 37 W. Va. 258 1892 1 West Virginia
Rogers v. Coal River Boom & Driving Co. 41 W. Va. 593 1896 1 West Virginia
Town of Barnet v. Abbott 53 Vt. 120 1880 1 Vermont
Anderson v. Anderson 64 Ala. 403 1879 1 Alabama
Pierstoff v. Jorges 86 Wis. 128 1893 1 Wisconsin
State v. Van Brocklin 194 Wis. 441 1927 1 Wisconsin
Starcher v. South Penn Oil Co. 81 W. Va. 587 1918 1 West Virginia
Colley v. Calhoun 89 W. Va. 399 1921 1 West Virginia
Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Ballard 111 W. Va. 235 1931 1 West Virginia
Pearson v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. 286 F. 429 1923 1 United States
Ex parte Sifford 22 F. Cas. 105 1857 1 United States
In re Reynolds 20 F. Cas. 592 1867 1 United States