Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Olivier v. Majors 145 La. 815 1919 1 Louisiana
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Bisso 179 La. 56 1934 1 Louisiana
Dowell v. Guthrie 99 Mo. 653 1889 1 Missouri
Bank of Alma v. Hamilton 85 Neb. 441 1909 1 Nebraska
Henderson v. State 85 Neb. 444 1909 1 Nebraska
Rieger v. Schaible 81 Neb. 33 1908 1 Nebraska
Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. 112 N.J. Eq. 179 1933 1 New Jersey
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Wartelle v. Hudson 8 La. Ann. 486 1852 0 Louisiana
Murphy v. Internal Revenue Service 373 U.S. App. D.C. 143 2006 1 District of Columbia
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Reichenbach v. Ruddach 127 Pa. 564 1889 1 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania R. v. Duncan’s Admr. 129 Pa. 181 1889 1 Pennsylvania
Est. of McDonald 130 Pa. 480 1889 1 Pennsylvania
United States v. Rutkin 208 F.2d 647 1953 1 United States
Dye v. Beaver Creek Church 48 S.C. 444 1897 1 South Carolina
Pack v. Shanklin 43 W. Va. 304 1897 1 West Virginia
Handley v. Palmer 91 F. 948 1899 1 United States
Weaver v. Spurr 56 W. Va. 95 1904 1 West Virginia
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky