Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Benson v. Adams 285 S.W. 818 1926 1 Texas
Harnsberger v. Nicholas 176 Va. 255 1940 1 Virginia
Garner v. Lansford 20 Miss. 558 1849 1 Mississippi
Dockum v. Robinson 26 N.H. 372 1853 1 New Hampshire
In re the Probate of the Will of Hebden 20 N.J. Eq. 473 1869 1 New Jersey
Pipher v. Fordyce 88 Ind. 436 1882 1 Indiana
State v. Johnson 118 Mo. 491 1893 1 Missouri
Latshaw v. McNees 50 Mo. 381 1872 1 Missouri
Born v. Shaw 29 Pa. 288 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Guenthoer’s Estate 235 Pa. 67 1912 1 Pennsylvania
Hartzfeld v. Bloom 127 Pa. Super. 323 1937 1 Pennsylvania
Hunt v. Pennsylvania Railroad 51 Pa. 475 1866 1 Pennsylvania
Inter-Island Steam Nav. Co. v. Territory of Hawaii 96 F.2d 412 1938 1 United States
Wilson v. Rustad 7 N.D. 330 1898 1 North Dakota
Cherami v. Cantrelle 142 So. 150 1932 1 Louisiana
Perez v. Sharp 32 Cal. 2d 711 1948 1 California
Commonwealth v. McPhail 547 Pa. 519 1997 1 Pennsylvania
McKee v. Barley 52 Va. 340 1854 1 Virginia
Rapp v. Venable 15 N.M. 509 1910 1 New Mexico
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York