Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Reynolds v. Reynolds 27 R.I. 520 1906 1 Rhode Island
Chafee v. A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co. 14 R.I. 168 1883 1 Rhode Island
Merrill v. Boal 47 R.I. 274 1926 1 Rhode Island
Moore v. Dimond 5 R.I. 121 1858 1 Rhode Island
Bates v. Hacking 29 R.I. 1 1908 1 Rhode Island
Clapp v. Clapp 6 R.I. 129 1859 1 Rhode Island
Stocking v. Hall 81 R.I. 168 1953 1 Rhode Island
Sayles v. Tibbitts 5 R.I. 79 1857 1 Rhode Island
Roger Williams National Bank v. Groton Manufacturing Co. 16 R.I. 504 1889 1 Rhode Island
Town of Bristol v. Bristol & Warren Water Works 25 R.I. 189 1903 1 Rhode Island
Olney v. Angell 5 R.I. 198 1858 1 Rhode Island
Dodge v. Hogan 19 R.I. 4 1893 1 Rhode Island
Metcalf v. Cook 2 R.I. 355 1852 1 Rhode Island
State v. Deslovers 40 R.I. 89 1917 1 Rhode Island
Birkett v. Chatterton 13 R.I. 299 1881 1 Rhode Island
Grosvenor v. Bowen 15 R.I. 549 1887 1 Rhode Island
Providence Tool Co. v. Corliss Steam Engine Co. 9 R.I. 564 1870 1 Rhode Island
Durfee v. O'Brien 16 R.I. 213 1888 1 Rhode Island
Woodward v. Congdon 34 R.I. 316 1912 1 Rhode Island
Goddard v. Brown 12 R.I. 31 1878 1 Rhode Island