Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Brown 86 Tenn. 277 1888 1 Tennessee
Le Blanc v. Jackson 161 S.W. 60 1913 1 Texas
Northrop v. Columbian Lumber Co. 186 F. 770 1911 1 United States
Poindexter v. Wilton 17 Va. 183 1812 1 Virginia
Saunders v. Gaines 17 Va. 225 1814 1 Virginia
Bohn v. Sheppard 18 Va. 403 1815 1 Virginia
Merryman v. Criddle 18 Va. 542 1815 1 Virginia
United States v. Howard 132 F. 325 1904 1 United States
Backus v. Taylor 20 Va. 488 1820 1 Virginia
Edmonds v. Green 22 Va. 44 1822 1 Virginia
Fairfax v. Lewis 23 Va. 20 1823 1 Virginia
Stout v. Jackson 23 Va. 132 1823 1 Virginia
Lewis v. Weldon 24 Va. 71 1824 1 Virginia
Graham v. Bardin 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 1855 1 Virginia
McClure's Executors v. Gamble 27 Pa. 288 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Howell v. State 162 Ga. 14 1926 1 Georgia
Brandon v. State 169 Ga. 808 1930 1 Georgia
McColl v. Jordan 200 Iowa 961 1925 1 Iowa
State v. Buckner 52 Ind. 278 1875 1 Indiana
Kimball v. Thompson 58 Mass. 441 1849 1 Massachusetts