Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Merchants' Bank of Charleston 12 W. Va. 587 1878 1 West Virginia
King v. Burdett 12 W. Va. 688 1878 1 West Virginia
Winkler v. Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. Co. 12 W. Va. 699 1878 1 West Virginia
Gillespie v. Bailey 12 W. Va. 70 1877 1 West Virginia
Bantz v. Basnett 12 W. Va. 772 1877 1 West Virginia
Black v. Maxwell 131 W. Va. 247 1948 1 West Virginia
Swartzwelder v. Freeport Coal Co. 131 W. Va. 276 1948 1 West Virginia
Tharp v. Tharp 131 W. Va. 529 1948 1 West Virginia
Stephenson v. Kuntz 131 W. Va. 599 1948 1 West Virginia
Sturgill v. Lovell Lumber Co. 132 W. Va. 172 1948 1 West Virginia
Hunt v. Furman 132 W. Va. 706 1949 1 West Virginia
Cowan v. Cowan 133 W. Va. 115 1949 1 West Virginia
Beard v. Callison 133 W. Va. 121 1949 1 West Virginia
Bank of Mill Creek v. Elk Horn Coal Corp. 133 W. Va. 639 1950 1 West Virginia
Porter v. Woodard 134 W. Va. 612 1950 1 West Virginia
Grottendick v. Webber 134 W. Va. 798 1950 1 West Virginia
Shaffer v. Monongalia General Hospital 135 W. Va. 163 1950 1 West Virginia
State ex rel. Spiker v. West Virginia Racing Commission 135 W. Va. 512 1951 1 West Virginia
Brown v. Brown 135 W. Va. 579 1951 1 West Virginia
Prichard v. Prichard 135 W. Va. 767 1951 1 West Virginia