Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Illinois
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 86 1807 0 Michigan
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Illinois
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon