Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Sanger v. Cleveland 10 Mass. 415 1813 1 Massachusetts
Johnson v. Johnson 215 Mass. 276 1913 1 Massachusetts
Gaff v. Cornwallis 219 Mass. 226 1914 1 Massachusetts
Simmons v. Fish 210 Mass. 563 1912 1 Massachusetts
Berman v. Geller 325 Mass. 377 1950 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Donoghue 4 Mass. App. Ct. 752 1976 1 Massachusetts
Barry v. Ryan 70 Mass. 523 1855 1 Massachusetts
Dewey v. Peeler 161 Mass. 135 1894 1 Massachusetts
McKim v. Aulbach 130 Mass. 481 1881 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Jennings 121 Mass. 47 1876 1 Massachusetts
Chapel v. Bull 17 Mass. 213 1821 1 Massachusetts
Ames v. Union Railway Co. 117 Mass. 541 1875 1 Massachusetts
Jackson v. Roberts 80 Mass. 546 1860 1 Massachusetts
Collins v. Denison 53 Mass. 549 1847 1 Massachusetts
Murray v. Stevens 110 Mass. 95 1872 1 Massachusetts
Somes v. Skinner 16 Mass. 348 1820 1 Massachusetts
Smithwick v. Jordan 15 Mass. 113 1818 1 Massachusetts
Proprietors of St. Luke's Church v. Slack 61 Mass. 226 1851 1 Massachusetts
Hurley v. Hurley 148 Mass. 444 1889 1 Massachusetts
Barnes v. Boardman 152 Mass. 391 1890 1 Massachusetts