Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Illinois
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Illinois
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
Arnold v. Booth 14 Wis. 180 1861 1 Wisconsin
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
Abernethy v. Commonwealth 101 Pa. 322 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Campbell v. Miller 562 S.W.2d 827 1977 1 Tennessee
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Illinois
Knorr v. Home Insurance 25 Wis. 143 1869 0 Wisconsin
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
McKinney v. Daniels 135 Ga. 157 1910 1 Georgia