Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tyler v. Willis 13 Abb. Pr. 369 1861 1 New York
Haynes v. Breaux 16 La. Ann. 142 1861 1 Louisiana
Chaska Co. v. Board of Supervisors 6 Minn. 204 1861 1 Minnesota
In re Yates 59 N.C. 212 1861 1 North Carolina
Persse v. Watrous 30 Conn. 139 1861 1 Connecticut
State v. Carver 49 Me. 588 1861 1 Maine
Morrison v. Myers 11 Iowa 538 1861 1 Iowa
Herrin v. Buckelew 37 Ala. 585 1861 1 Alabama
Chatterton v. People 15 Abb. Pr. 147 1861 1 New York
Stevens v. Hatch 6 Minn. 64 1861 1 Minnesota
Jeffries v. Lawson 39 Miss. 791 1861 1 Mississippi
Dowell v. Jacks 53 N.C. 387 1861 1 North Carolina
Coolidge v. Melvin 42 N.H. 510 1861 1 New Hampshire
Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church 39 Pa. 226 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Hancock v. Watson 18 Cal. 137 1861 1 California
Hager v. Thomson 66 U.S. 80 1861 1 United States
McGehee v. Mahone 37 Ala. 258 1861 1 Alabama
Bivens v. Brown 37 Ala. 422 1861 1 Alabama
Megee v. Beirne 39 Pa. 50 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Grove's Appeal 37 Pa. 443 1861 1 Pennsylvania