Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Collins v. Myers 16 Ohio 547 1847 1 Ohio
Downs v. Kissam 51 U.S. 102 1850 1 United States
Robinson v. Pitzer 3 W. Va. 335 1869 1 West Virginia
Burbridge v. Seely, Morly & Co. 1 Wright 359 1883 1 Ohio
State ex rel. Johnson v. Johnson 28 W. Va. 56 1886 1 West Virginia
Ransier v. Hyndman 18 N.D. 197 1909 1 North Dakota
Surber's Adm'r v. McClintic 10 W. Va. 236 1877 1 West Virginia
Chenery v. Palmer 6 Cal. 119 1856 1 California
Fuselier's Heirs v. Masse's Heirs 19 La. 329 1841 1 Louisiana
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Purkitt v. Polack 17 Cal. 327 1861 1 California
Tauzin v. Deblieux 18 La. Ann. 585 1866 0 Louisiana
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Bruner 55 Pa. 318 1867 1 Pennsylvania
Brown v. People 17 Mich. 429 1868 1 Michigan
Payne v. Commonwealth 72 Va. 855 1878 1 Virginia
McKay v. Ohio River Railroad 34 W. Va. 65 1890 1 West Virginia
Edgar v. Donnally 16 Va. 388 1811 1 Virginia
Spencer v. Wilson 18 Va. 130 1814 1 Virginia
West's Executor v. Logwood 20 Va. 491 1820 1 Virginia
Pierpont v. Fowle 19 F. Cas. 652 1846 1 United States