Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Henry v. Dudley 91 W. Va. 696 1922 1 West Virginia
Milligan v. Khodra 46 V.I. 305 2004 1 Virgin Islands
Lewis v. Spencer 7 W. Va. 689 1874 1 West Virginia
State v. Weiner 61 Conn. App. 738 2001 1 Connecticut
Whitus v. State 222 Ga. 103 1966 1 Georgia
Brosnan v. Sweetser 127 Ind. 1 1891 1 Indiana
Ryan v. Parris 48 Kan. 765 1892 1 Kansas
Sparks v. Sparks 51 Kan. 195 1893 1 Kansas
Garland v. Dimitry 164 La. 875 1927 1 Louisiana
Orton v. Orton 3 Abb. Ct. App. 411 1867 1 New York
Elliott’s Estate 312 Pa. 493 1933 1 Pennsylvania
De Arment v. De Arment 249 S.W. 1088 1923 1 Texas
In re the Personal Restraint of Hagler 97 Wash. 2d 818 1982 1 Washington
Alexander v. Alexander 158 F.2d 429 1946 1 United States
Fredericks v. Judah 73 Cal. 604 1887 1 California
Mott v. Smith 16 Cal. 533 1860 1 California
Darst v. Phillips 41 Ohio St. 514 1884 1 Ohio
Attorney-General v. Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad 27 N.J. Eq. 1 1876 1 New Jersey
Puerto Rico Ry. Light & Power Co. v. United States 131 F.2d 491 1942 1 United States
Penn v. Ingles 82 Va. 65 1886 1 Virginia