Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lockwood Oil Co. v. Atkins 158 La. 610 1925 1 Louisiana
Fisher v. Fisher 41 N.J. Eq. 16 1886 1 New Jersey
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Wallace v. Wallace 114 Miss. 591 1917 1 Mississippi
White v. Keller 68 F. 796 1895 1 United States
Baker Bank & Trust Co. v. Chausse 393 So. 2d 261 1980 1 Louisiana
Ferguson v. Yard 164 Pa. 586 1894 1 Pennsylvania
Nolte v. Meyer 79 Tex. 351 1891 1 Texas
Black's Administrator v. Thomas 21 W. Va. 709 1883 1 West Virginia
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Field 135 Ill. 112 1890 1 Illinois
State ex rel. Owens ex rel. County School Fund v. Fraser 165 Mo. 242 1901 1 Missouri
State v. Robinson 20 W. Va. 713 1882 1 West Virginia
Trustees v. Guthrie 86 Va. 125 1889 1 Virginia
Webster v. Morris 66 Wis. 366 1886 1 Wisconsin
State v. Cain 20 W. Va. 679 1882 1 West Virginia
Robinson v. County Commissioners 12 Md. 132 1858 0 Maryland
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland