Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Coolidge v. Melvin 42 N.H. 510 1861 1 New Hampshire
Wilson v. Hunter 14 Wis. 683 1861 1 Wisconsin
Succession of Beckham 16 La. Ann. 352 1861 1 Louisiana
Megee v. Beirne 39 Pa. 50 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Hager v. Thomson 66 U.S. 80 1861 1 United States
Kohner v. Ashenauer 17 Cal. 578 1861 1 California
Waldo v. Rice 14 Wis. 286 1861 1 Wisconsin
Dowell v. Jacks 53 N.C. 387 1861 1 North Carolina
Nicholls v. Skeel 12 Iowa 300 1861 1 Iowa
Garth v. Cooper & Smith 12 Iowa 364 1861 1 Iowa
Castro v. Richardson 18 Cal. 478 1861 1 California
Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church 39 Pa. 226 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Bank of Montgomery v. Plannett's Adm'r 37 Ala. 222 1861 1 Alabama
Hancock v. Watson 18 Cal. 137 1861 1 California
Jeffries v. Lawson 39 Miss. 791 1861 1 Mississippi
Roberts v. Ogbourne 37 Ala. 174 1861 1 Alabama
Grove's Appeal 37 Pa. 443 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Hughes v. State 2 Miss. Dec. 88 1861 1 Mississippi
Stevens v. Hatch 6 Minn. 64 1861 1 Minnesota
Bank of Fayetteville v. Spurling 52 N.C. 398 1860 1 North Carolina