Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Guild v. Hull 127 Ill. 523 1889 1 Illinois
Guetig v. State 66 Ind. 94 1879 1 Indiana
Cochran v. Amsden 104 Ind. 282 1885 1 Indiana
Phillips' ex'r v. Phillips' adm'r 81 Ky. 328 1883 1 Kentucky
Layer v. Layer 110 Ky. 542 1901 1 Kentucky
Godden v. Executors of Burke 35 La. Ann. 160 1883 1 Louisiana
Rice v. Rice 50 Mich. 448 1883 1 Michigan
McClintock v. Curd 32 Mo. 411 1862 1 Missouri
Bush v. Bush 87 Mo. 480 1885 1 Missouri
Seebrock v. Fedawa 30 Neb. 424 1890 1 Nebraska
McLaughlin v. McDevitt 63 N.Y. 213 1875 1 New York
Miller v. White 5 Redf. 320 1881 1 New York
Brown v. Mitchell 88 Tex. 350 1895 1 Texas
Yanke v. State 51 Wis. 464 1881 1 Wisconsin
Noyes v. Vickers 39 W. Va. 30 1894 1 West Virginia
Grobe v. Roup 46 W. Va. 488 1899 1 West Virginia
Hoge v. Fisher 12 F. Cas. 314 1815 1 United States
Harrison v. Rowan 11 F. Cas. 658 1820 1 United States
Sailor v. Hertzog 4 Whart. 259 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Samory v. Montgomery 19 La. Ann. 333 1867 1 Louisiana