Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Armor v. Downes 2 La. Ann. 242 1847 1 Louisiana
Rapp v. Rapp 6 Pa. 45 1847 1 Pennsylvania
McTavish v. Carroll 1 Md. Ch. 160 1847 1 Maryland
Blake v. Langdon 19 Vt. 485 1847 1 Vermont
Carter v. Wallace 2 Tex. 206 1847 1 Texas
Robbins v. McKnight 5 N.J. Eq. 642 1847 1 New Jersey
Riddle v. Driver 12 Ala. 590 1847 1 Alabama
Board of Police v. Grant 17 Miss. 77 1847 1 Mississippi
Ladd v. Tudor 14 F. Cas. 923 1847 1 United States
Conrey v. Elbert 2 La. Ann. 18 1847 1 Louisiana
Dargan v. Waring 11 Ala. 988 1847 1 Alabama
Scott v. Fowler 7 Ark. 299 1847 1 Arkansas
Collins v. Myers 16 Ohio 547 1847 1 Ohio
Hoyt v. Thorn 7 N.J. Eq. 9 1847 1 New Jersey
Yerby v. Lynch 44 Va. 460 1847 1 Virginia
Shepherd v. Orleans Cotton Press Co. 2 La. Ann. 100 1847 1 Louisiana
Waring v. Smyth 2 Barb. Ch. 119 1847 1 New York
New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. Bry 2 La. Ann. 303 1847 1 Louisiana
Johnson v. Marsh 2 La. Ann. 772 1847 1 Louisiana
Matlock v. Livingston 17 Miss. 489 1848 1 Mississippi