Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Lusby v. State 217 Md. 191 1958 1 Maryland
Merling v. Merling 98 Md. App. 243 1993 1 Maryland
Rich v. Boyce 39 Md. 314 1874 1 Maryland
Estep v. Mackey 52 Md. 592 1879 1 Maryland
Holt v. Pickett 111 Ala. 362 1895 1 Alabama
Beam v. Copeland 54 Ark. 70 1890 1 Arkansas
Beavers v. Davis 110 Ga. App. 248 1964 1 Georgia
Murray v. State 201 Ga. 201 1946 1 Georgia
Patterson v. Collier 1 Ga. L. Rep. 103 1885 1 Georgia
Patterson v. Collier 75 Ga. 419 1885 1 Georgia
Curtis v. Armagast 158 Iowa 507 1912 1 Iowa
Imboden v. Hunter 23 Ark. 622 1861 0 Arkansas
Newcomb v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 182 Mo. 687 1904 1 Missouri
Gregory v. Cheatham 36 Mo. 155 1865 1 Missouri
Owens v. Estate of Owens 84 Miss. 673 1904 1 Mississippi
Barclay v. Hughes 1 Miles 19 1835 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Watts 31 Va. 672 1833 0 General Ct. of VA
Coombs v. Jordan 3 Bland 284 1810 1 Maryland
Lester v. Howard Bank 33 Md. 558 1871 1 Maryland
Van Gilder v. Bullen 159 N.C. 291 1912 1 North Carolina