Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hard v. Brown 18 Vt. 87 1846 1 Vermont
West v. Stewart 7 Pa. 122 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Beach v. Crain 2 N.Y. 86 1848 1 New York
Voorhies v. Anthon 12 N.Y. Super. Ct. 178 1855 1 New York
Thistle v. Frostburg Coal Co. 10 Md. 129 1856 1 Maryland
Kelley v. Maxwell 7 Ohio St. 239 1857 1 Ohio
Pope & Slocum v. Jacobus 10 Iowa 262 1859 1 Iowa
Wright v. Evans 2 Abb. Pr. 308 1867 1 New York
Vance v. Peña 33 Cal. 631 1867 1 California
Doyle v. O'Neil 7 Mo. App. 138 1879 1 Missouri
Murdock v. Daniel 58 Miss. 411 1880 1 Mississippi
Tabor v. Blake 61 N.H. 83 1881 1 New Hampshire
Williams v. National Auto Sales, Inc. 287 Ga. App. 283 2007 1 Georgia
O'Rourke v. Brown 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 384 1887 1 New York
Emmeluth v. Home Benefit Ass'n 12 N.Y. St. Rep. 654 1887 1 New York
Peoples' Savings Bank v. Hill 81 Me. 71 1888 1 Maine
Bryan & Hunter v. King 51 Ga. 291 1874 1 Georgia
Clarke v. Devoe 35 N.Y. St. Rep. 206 1891 1 New York
Clark v. Devoe 124 N.Y. 120 1891 1 New York
Barnes v. Brown 130 N.Y. 372 1892 1 New York