Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Roach v. Lessee of Martin 1 Del. 548 1835 1 Delaware
Lehmann v. Rothbarth 111 Ill. 185 1884 1 Illinois
Simpson v. Dugger 88 Va. 963 1892 1 Virginia
Thornton v. Gilman 67 N.H. 392 1892 1 New Hampshire
Ela v. Ela 158 Mass. 54 1893 1 Massachusetts
Hopkins v. Erskine 118 Me. 276 1919 1 Maine
Cloud v. Needles 6 Md. 501 1854 1 Maryland
Cumberland Coal & Iron Co. v. Scally 27 Md. 589 1867 1 Maryland
Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad v. State ex rel. Fazenbaker 37 Md. 156 1872 1 Maryland
Maryland Steel Co. v. Engleman 101 Md. 661 1905 1 Maryland
Eastern Shore Brokerage & Commission Co. v. Messenger 143 Md. 221 1923 1 Maryland
Hesson v. Hesson 14 Md. 8 1859 1 Maryland
Levering v. Levering 64 Md. 399 1885 1 Maryland
Say v. Hodgin 20 Idaho 64 1911 1 Idaho
Pelella v. Pelella 13 Misc. 2d 260 1958 1 New York
Fuentes v. Tucker 31 Cal. 2d 1 1947 1 California
Callahan v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 161 Wis. 288 1915 1 Wisconsin
Iguano Land & Mining Co. v. Jones 65 W. Va. 59 1909 1 West Virginia
Perkins v. Berger 145 F.2d 856 1944 1 United States
Sayles v. Tibbitts 5 R.I. 79 1857 1 Rhode Island