Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Buchanan v. Matlock 27 Tenn. 390 1847 0 Tennessee
Irwin v. Burnett 25 Tenn. 342 1845 0 Tennessee
Negroes Charles v. Sheriff 12 Md. 274 1858 0 Maryland
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
State v. Brady 28 Tenn. 74 1848 0 Tennessee
Fossett v. Turnage 28 Tenn. 686 1849 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Brannan 13 Cal. 107 1859 1 California
Lambert v. Bond 102 So. 2d 467 1958 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Insurance Co. 12 W. Va. 116 1877 1 West Virginia
Bauer v. Garrett 79 Cal. 304 1889 1 California
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Tompkins' Ex'r v. Stephens 10 W. Va. 156 1877 1 West Virginia
Clay v. Alderson's Admr. 10 W. Va. 49 1877 1 West Virginia
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Tracy v. Cloyd 10 W. Va. 19 1877 1 West Virginia