Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Reed v. Campbell 20 F. Cas. 422 1862 0 United States
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
United States v. Tom 2 D.C. 114 1815 0 United States
Crawford v. Slye 4 D.C. 457 1834 0 United States
Succession of Bell 194 La. 274 1939 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Reardon v. Miller 3 D.C. 344 1828 0 United States
Gardner v. Gantt 19 Ala. 666 1851 0 Alabama
Purdom v. Tipton 9 Ala. 914 1846 0 Alabama
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam 140 S. Ct. 1959 2020 1 United States
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Bradley 108 Wis. 467 1901 1 Wisconsin
United States v. Clark 2 D.C. 620 1825 0 United States
Thornton v. Davis 4 D.C. 500 1835 0 United States
Kitty v. M'Pherson 4 D.C. 172 1831 0 United States