Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Rausch v. Rausch 14 Mont. 325 1894 1 Montana
Smith v. Strong 31 Mass. 128 1833 1 Massachusetts
Miguez v. Delcambre 109 La. 1090 1903 1 Louisiana
Bierne v. Erskine 32 Va. 59 1834 1 Virginia
Russell v. Keeran 35 Va. 9 1837 1 Virginia
Vick v. Mayor of Vicksburg 2 Miss. 379 1837 1 Mississippi
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Rogers v. Saunders 16 Me. 92 1839 1 Maine
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland
Gibbs vs. Marsh 43 Mass. 243 1841 1 Massachusetts
Crawford v. M'Daniel 40 Va. 448 1842 1 Virginia
Perkins' Exr's v. Winter's Adm'rx 7 Ala. 855 1845 1 Alabama
Villere v. New Orleans Pure Milk Co. 122 La. 717 1908 1 Louisiana
Cline v. Caldwell 19 S.C.L. 423 1833 1 South Carolina
Carter v. King 45 S.C.L. 125 1857 1 South Carolina
Sill v. So. Ca. R. R. 38 S.C.L. 154 1850 1 South Carolina
Ellis v. Welsh 38 S.C.L. 468 1851 1 South Carolina
Hopkins’ Heirs v. Callaway 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 282 1869 1 Tennessee
Bodley v. McKinney 17 Miss. 339 1848 1 Mississippi