Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
In re Estate of Hanson 3 Coffey 267 1909 1 California
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
United States v. Passero 185 F. Supp. 665 1960 1 United States
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Mayor's Ex'or v. Carrington's Ex'or 60 Va. 74 1869 1 Virginia
Valencia v. Bernal 26 Cal. 328 1864 1 California
Hale v. Horne 62 Va. 112 1871 1 Virginia
Succession of Bishop 84 So. 2d 613 1955 1 Louisiana
Bryant v. Swetland 48 Ohio St. 194 1891 1 Ohio
Commercial Nat. Bank v. Jackson Bros. 111 La. 795 1904 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Alabama
Caspari v. First German Church of New Jerusalem 12 Mo. App. 293 1882 1 Missouri
State v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. 125 Mo. 596 1894 1 Missouri
First National Bank v. Morsell 8 D.C. 155 1873 1 District of Columbia
First National Bank v. Anderson 75 Va. 250 1881 1 Virginia
Bain & Bro. v. Buff's Adm'r 76 Va. 371 1882 1 Virginia