Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
Marks, Rothenberg & Co. v. N. H. & R. L. Bradley 69 Miss. 1 1891 1 Mississippi
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon
Reiersen v. Comm'r of Revenue 26 Mass. App. Ct. 124 1988 1 Massachusetts
Doolittle v. Lyman 44 N.H. 608 1860 1 New Hampshire
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Aaron v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. 159 Mo. App. 307 1911 1 Missouri
People v. Petrea 64 How. Pr. 139 1882 1 New York
Thompson v. Thompson 5 W. Va. 190 1872 1 West Virginia
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Bradley 108 Wis. 467 1901 1 Wisconsin
Holliday v. McKinne 22 Fla. 153 1886 1 Florida
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam 140 S. Ct. 1959 2020 1 United States
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 125 Ill. 626 1888 1 Illinois
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Abbate v. United States 5 Alaska Fed. 39 1921 1 United States
Arnold v. Booth 14 Wis. 180 1861 1 Wisconsin