Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
West v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 529 1848 1 Louisiana
West v. Smith 49 U.S. 402 1850 1 United States
Muire v. Falconer 51 Va. 12 1853 1 Virginia
Hallowell v. Page 24 Mo. 590 1857 1 Missouri
Starkweather v. Brown 25 R.I. 142 1903 1 Rhode Island
Logan v. Hillegass 16 Cal. 200 1860 1 California
Davis v. Commonwealth 57 Va. 134 1861 1 Virginia
State v. Daley 54 Or. 514 1909 1 Oregon
Hitz v. Jenks 185 U.S. 155 1902 1 United States
Bradley v. Lightcap 195 U.S. 1 1904 1 United States
Dallemagne v. Moisan 197 U.S. 169 1905 1 United States
In re Strauss 197 U.S. 324 1905 1 United States
Clyatt v. United States 197 U.S. 207 1905 1 United States
Bond v. Wilson 8 Kan. 228 1871 1 Kansas
Smith & Atkinson v. Knight 14 W. Va. 749 1879 1 West Virginia
B. & O. R. R. v. Bitner 15 W. Va. 455 1879 1 West Virginia
Phares v. Saunders's Adm'r 18 W. Va. 336 1881 1 West Virginia
Michels v. Stork 52 Mich. 260 1883 1 Michigan
Roanoke Land & Improvement Co. v. Karn & Hickson 80 Va. 589 1885 1 Virginia
Mason v. Dousay 35 Ill. 424 1864 1 Illinois