Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Fretwell v. Laffoon 77 Mo. 26 1882 1 Missouri
Hoyt v. Thorn 7 N.J. Eq. 9 1847 1 New Jersey
Estate of Le Clerc 5 Coffey 297 1887 1 California
Runyan v. Price 15 Ohio St. 1 1864 1 Ohio
Zwack v. Kraus Bros. 237 F.2d 255 1956 1 United States
Grubbs v. McGlawn 39 Ga. 672 1869 0 Georgia
Kelly v. Love's Adm'r 61 Va. 124 1870 1 Virginia
Miller v. Teachout 24 Ohio St. 525 1874 1 Ohio
Roy's Ex'ors v. Rowzie 66 Va. 599 1874 1 Virginia
Fosselman v. Elder 98 Pa. 159 1881 1 Pennsylvania
German Land Ass'n v. Scholler 10 Minn. 331 1865 1 Minnesota
Jacobs v. State 396 So. 2d 1113 1981 1 Florida
Fontenot v. Succession of Garland 352 So. 2d 251 1977 1 Louisiana
Cromie's heirs v. Louisville Orphans' Home Society 66 Ky. 365 1867 1 Kentucky
Bible Society v. Pendleton 7 W. Va. 79 1873 1 West Virginia
Kimmel v. Wagner 1 Walk. 191 1874 1 Pennsylvania
Adye v. Smith 44 Conn. 60 1876 1 Connecticut
Moyer v. Lyon 38 Mo. App. 635 1890 1 Missouri
Anderson v. Perkins 52 Mo. App. 527 1893 1 Missouri
Roberts v. Norcross 69 N.H. 533 1898 1 New Hampshire