Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Illinois
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Illinois
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Arnold v. Booth 14 Wis. 180 1861 1 Wisconsin
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Wisconsin
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
Webster v. Heard 32 Tex. 685 1870 1 Texas
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
United States ex rel. Garland v. Morris 26 F. Cas. 1318 1854 0 United States
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Illinois
Tanner v. Tanner 52 Ga. App. 460 1936 1 Georgia