Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kirkpatrick v. Means 40 N.C. 220 1848 1 North Carolina
Moore v. Jones 13 Ala. 296 1848 1 Alabama
Smith v. Herring 18 Miss. 518 1848 1 Mississippi
Reese & Heylin v. Bradford 13 Ala. 837 1848 1 Alabama
Hill v. Hill 19 Miss. 616 1848 1 Mississippi
Doughty v. Doughty 7 N.J. Eq. 227 1848 1 New Jersey
Smalley v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 386 1848 1 Louisiana
Reed v. Smith 14 Ala. 380 1848 1 Alabama
Patterson v. Gaines 47 U.S. 550 1848 1 United States
Union Bank of Tennessee v. Govan 18 Miss. 333 1848 1 Mississippi
State v. Phipps 32 N.C. 17 1848 1 North Carolina
O'Brien v. Liddell 18 Miss. 371 1848 1 Mississippi
Dickson v. Miller 19 Miss. 594 1848 1 Mississippi
Leavitt v. Smith 14 Ala. 279 1848 1 Alabama
Miles v. Craig 3 La. Ann. 635 1848 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Sterns 14 Ala. 597 1848 1 Alabama
Butler v. M. Ins. 14 Ala. 777 1848 1 Alabama
Crawford v. Wilson 4 Barb. 504 1848 1 New York
Johnson v. Burnett’s Adm’r 12 Ala. 743 1848 1 Alabama
Branch Bank at Mobile v. Strother 15 Ala. 51 1848 1 Alabama