Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Meister v. People 31 Mich. 99 1875 1 Michigan
Robinson v. Rice & Moore 3 Mich. 235 1854 1 Michigan
Passmore v. Estate of Passmore 50 Mich. 626 1883 1 Michigan
Porter v. Porter 50 Mich. 456 1883 1 Michigan
Dodge v. Detroit Trust Co. 300 Mich. 575 1942 1 Michigan
Preston National Bank v. George T. Smith Middlings Purifier Co. 84 Mich. 364 1890 1 Michigan
People v. Carmichael 5 Mich. 10 1858 1 Michigan
Kempsey v. McGinniss 21 Mich. 123 1870 1 Michigan
Harris v. Smith 40 Mich. 453 1879 1 Michigan
Potter v. Brown 35 Mich. 274 1877 1 Michigan
Backus v. Byron 4 Mich. 535 1857 1 Michigan
Jacobs v. Weissinger 211 Mich. 47 1920 1 Michigan
Glover v. Alcott 11 Mich. 470 1863 1 Michigan
Ortmann v. Merchants' Bank 41 Mich. 482 1879 1 Michigan
Gates v. Shutts 7 Mich. 127 1859 1 Michigan
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Abrey v. Duffield 149 Mich. 248 1907 1 Michigan
Swaine v. Hemphill 165 Mich. 561 1911 1 Michigan
Dehn v. Dehn 170 Mich. 407 1912 1 Michigan
Simko v. Blake 448 Mich. 648 1995 1 Michigan