Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wortham v. Boyd 66 Tex. 401 1886 1 Texas
Gathright v. Wheat 70 Tex. 740 1888 1 Texas
Cohen v. Knox 90 Cal. 266 1891 1 California
Pates v. St. Clair 52 Va. 22 1854 1 Virginia
Estate of Lewis 139 Pa. 640 1891 1 Pennsylvania
People v. Bearss 10 Cal. 68 1858 1 California
Hutcheson v. Priddy 53 Va. 85 1855 1 Virginia
Leach v. Buckner 19 W. Va. 36 1881 1 West Virginia
Hooper v. Hooper 32 W. Va. 526 1889 1 West Virginia
Pennybacker v. Laidley 33 W. Va. 624 1890 1 West Virginia
Steffey v. Steffey ex rel. Steffey 19 Md. 5 1862 1 Maryland
Williams v. Banks 19 Md. 22 1862 1 Maryland
Banks v. McClellan 24 Md. 62 1866 1 Maryland
Hess's Estate 150 Pa. 346 1892 1 Pennsylvania
Scott v. Leary 34 Md. 389 1871 1 Maryland
Hough v. Horsey 36 Md. 181 1872 1 Maryland
First National Bank v. Garlinghouse 22 Ohio St. 492 1872 1 Ohio
State v. Main 69 Conn. 123 1897 1 Connecticut
Conrey v. Elbert 2 La. Ann. 18 1847 1 Louisiana
McConologue’s case 107 Mass. 154 1871 1 Massachusetts