Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nease v. Capehart 8 W. Va. 95 1874 1 West Virginia
Renard v. Brown 7 Neb. 449 1878 1 Nebraska
Stinchfield v. Milliken 71 Me. 567 1880 1 Maine
In re the Trust Estate of Sellers 31 Del. Ch. 158 1949 1 Delaware
Hayward v. Loper 147 Ill. 41 1893 1 Illinois
Watkins' Ex'rs v. Snadon 93 Ky. 501 1892 1 Kentucky
Townshend v. Duncan 2 Bland 45 1826 1 Maryland
Healey v. Toppan 45 N.H. 243 1864 1 New Hampshire
Denike v. Harris 30 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 213 1880 1 New York
Denike v. Harris 84 N.Y. 89 1881 1 New York
Crosas v. Crosas 14 P.R. 808 1908 1 Puerto Rico
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
McLaughlin v. Braddy 63 S.C. 433 1902 1 South Carolina
Sneed v. Jenkins 90 Tenn. 137 1891 1 Tennessee
Godsey v. Lenderson 9 Tenn. App. 580 1929 1 Tennessee
McGowan v. Maryland 366 U.S. 420 1961 1 United States
United States v. Goldstein 386 F. Supp. 833 1973 1 United States
Bank of America v. Greene 465 B.R. 789 2012 1 United States
Bank of Sherman v. Apperson 4 F. 25 1880 1 United States
Vangilder v. Hoffman 22 W. Va. 1 1883 1 West Virginia