Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. Pacific Railway Co. 117 Cal. 332 1897 1 California
State v. First Nat. Bank 3 S.D. 52 1892 1 South Dakota
Merrick v. J. Boury & Sons 4 Ohio St. 60 1854 1 Ohio
Shahan v. Swan 48 Ohio St. 25 1891 1 Ohio
Cross v. Armstrong 44 Ohio St. 613 1887 1 Ohio
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 Tennessee
Oregon v. Ingram 63 F.2d 417 1933 1 United States
United States v. Street 570 F.2d 1 1977 1 United States
Seamonds v. Hodge 36 W. Va. 304 1892 1 West Virginia
Stace v. Bumgardner 89 Va. 418 1892 1 Virginia
Fackler v. Berry 93 Va. 565 1896 1 Virginia
Fitzpatrick v. Fitzpatrick 100 Va. 552 1902 1 Virginia
Courtenay v. Courtenay 90 Miss. 181 1907 1 Mississippi
Bliss v. McIntyre 18 Vt. 466 1846 1 Vermont
Waterman v. Vose 43 Me. 504 1857 1 Maine
White v. Hass 32 Ala. 430 1858 1 Alabama
Pitts v. Sheriff 108 Mo. 110 1891 1 Missouri
Wilentz v. Hendrickson 133 N.J. Eq. 447 1943 1 New Jersey
Smith v. Smith 190 Misc. 298 1947 1 New York
In re Liberatore 574 F.2d 78 1978 1 United States