Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. Bank of Orleans 9 Ala. 847 1846 1 Alabama
Harnsberger's Ex'or v. Geiger's Adm'r 44 Va. 144 1846 1 Virginia
Creath's Administrator v. Sims 46 U.S. 192 1847 1 United States
Hawkins v. Ridenhour 13 Mo. 125 1850 1 Missouri
Gardner v. Watson 13 Ill. 347 1851 1 Illinois
Zimmerman v. Judah 13 Ind. 286 1859 1 Indiana
Cox v. Mobile & Girard Railroad 37 Ala. 320 1861 1 Alabama
Qualls v. Qualls 589 S.W.2d 906 1979 1 Kentucky
Metzner v. Newman 224 Mich. 324 1923 1 Michigan
Kinealy v. Staed 55 Mo. App. 176 1893 1 Missouri
First National Bank v. Dana 79 N.Y. 108 1879 1 New York
Woods v. Waddle 44 Ohio St. 449 1886 1 Ohio
Southern Brass & Iron Co. v. Exeter Mach. Works 109 Tenn. 67 1902 1 Tennessee
Blair v. A. Johnson & Sons 111 Tenn. 111 1903 1 Tennessee
Mack v. Hugger Bros. Const. 153 Tenn. 260 1925 1 Tennessee
Richards v. Williams 62 Tenn. 186 1873 1 Tennessee
Ford v. Beard 31 Mo. 459 1862 1 Missouri
Gatewood's Adm'r v. Goode 64 Va. 880 1873 1 Virginia
Shed v. Augustine 14 Kan. 282 1875 1 Kansas
Brown v. Prophit 53 Miss. 649 1876 1 Mississippi