Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overton v. Phelan 39 Tenn. 445 1859 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Howard v. Parker 67 Tenn. 495 1875 1 Tennessee
Dial v. Wood 68 Tenn. 296 1878 1 Tennessee
Scheib v. Thompson 23 Utah 564 1901 1 Utah
Paine v. Jones 93 Wis. 70 1896 1 Wisconsin
Taylor v. Hill 87 Wis. 669 1894 1 Wisconsin
Goodhue v. Grant 1 Pin. 556 1845 1 Wisconsin
Wernse v. Hall 101 Ill. 423 1882 1 Illinois
Bank of Salina v. Henry 2 Denio 155 1846 1 New York
Russell v. Ashley 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 546 1847 1 Arkansas
Weldon v. Burch 12 Ill. 374 1851 1 Illinois
Jenkins v. Dawes 115 Mass. 599 1874 1 Massachusetts
World v. State 50 Md. 49 1878 1 Maryland
Harrington v. Blohm 136 Ark. 231 1918 1 Arkansas
In re the Estate of Taylor 92 Cal. 564 1891 1 California
Shanley's Appeal from Probate 62 Conn. 325 1892 1 Connecticut
Betts v. Betts 113 Iowa 111 1901 1 Iowa
Sever v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co. 156 Iowa 664 1912 1 Iowa
Hamrick v. State ex rel. Hamrick 134 Ind. 324 1893 1 Indiana
Scott v. Hay 90 Minn. 304 1903 1 Minnesota