Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hamm v. Hamm 437 S.W.2d 449 1969 1 Missouri
Henderson County v. Smyth 216 N.C. 421 1939 1 North Carolina
Jackson v. Carter 128 S.C. 79 1924 1 South Carolina
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
Guyer v. Union Trust Co. 55 Ind. App. 472 1914 1 Indiana
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Gillilan v. Ludington 6 W. Va. 128 1873 1 West Virginia
Norfolk & Petersburg R. R. v. Ormsby 68 Va. 455 1876 1 Virginia
Tracy v. Cloyd 10 W. Va. 19 1877 1 West Virginia
Clay v. Alderson's Admr. 10 W. Va. 49 1877 1 West Virginia
Tompkins' Ex'r v. Stephens 10 W. Va. 156 1877 1 West Virginia
Miller v. Insurance Co. 12 W. Va. 116 1877 1 West Virginia
Lambert v. Bond 102 So. 2d 467 1958 1 Louisiana
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Scates v. Wilson & Edmunds 36 Va. 170 1838 1 Virginia
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Crockett v. Burleson 60 W. Va. 252 1906 1 West Virginia