Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. State 23 Md. 503 1865 0 Maryland
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Phœbe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Illinois
Hiss v. State 24 Md. 556 1866 0 Maryland
Bruce v. Leveringe 23 Md. 288 1865 0 Maryland
Uter v. Tessier 61 So. 2d 561 1952 1 Louisiana
Pace v. Bonner 27 Ala. 307 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Davis v. Bradford 113 So. 2d 76 1959 1 Louisiana
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Indictment for Attempt to Poison Alabama
Board of Commissioners v. S. D. Hunter Foundation 342 So. 2d 720 1977 1 Louisiana
State v. Stephen 15 Ala. 534 1849 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
State v. Cæsar 31 N.C. 391 1849 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
Attorney General v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 35 Wis. 425 1874 1 Wisconsin
Callaghan v. Kippers 34 Va. 608 1836 1 Virginia
Barker v. Barker’s adm’r 2 Gratt. 344 1845 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Illinois
Miller v. Duvall 26 Md. 47 1866 0 Maryland
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Barrell v. Tilton 119 U.S. 637 1887 1 United States
Hale v. Stone 14 Ala. 803 1848 0 Levy Alabama