Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Worthington v. Bullitt 6 Md. 172 1854 0 Maryland
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Patch v. Wabash Railroad 207 U.S. 277 1907 1 United States
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Mangun v. Webster 7 Gill 78 1848 0 Maryland
Magruder v. Carroll 4 Md. 335 1853 0 Maryland
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Reynolds v. Confederate States 38 Ala. 429 1863 1 Alabama
People v. Washington 36 Cal. 658 1869 1 California
Johnson v. Reynolds 44 Ala. 586 1870 1 Alabama
Lee v. Kaufman 15 F. Cas. 162 1879 1 United States
Roach v. Van Riswick 11 D.C. 171 1879 1 District of Columbia
Gause v. City of Clarksville 1 F. 353 1880 1 United States
Hilgers v. Quinney 51 Wis. 62 1881 1 Wisconsin
Davis v. United States 17 Ct. Cl. 292 1881 1 United States
United States v. Tichenor 12 F. 415 1882 1 United States
Smoot v. Kentucky Central Ry. Co. 13 F. 337 1882 1 United States
Territory of New Mexico v. Yarberry 2 N.M. 391 1883 1 New Mexico
Jackson v. Steamboat Magnolia 61 U.S. 296 1857 1 United States
Watts v. United States 1 Wash. Terr. 288 1870 1 Washington