Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ellinger v. Crowl 17 Md. 361 1861 1 Maryland
Dorsey v. Hagerstown Bank 17 Md. 408 1861 1 Maryland
Jessup v. Bridge 11 Iowa 572 1861 1 Iowa
Dodge v. Hopkins 14 Wis. 630 1861 1 Wisconsin
West v. Ferguson 57 Va. 270 1861 1 Virginia
Arnold v. Booth 14 Wis. 180 1861 1 Wisconsin
Hihn v. Peck 18 Cal. 640 1861 1 California
Matthis v. State 33 Ga. 24 1861 1 Georgia
Bertrand v. Elder 23 Ark. 494 1861 1 Arkansas
State v. Stebbins 29 Conn. 463 1861 1 Connecticut
Conway v. Taylor’s Executor 66 U.S. 603 1861 1 United States
Pomeroy v. Bailey 43 N.H. 118 1861 1 New Hampshire
Forrest v. Forrest 21 N.Y. Super. Ct. 640 1861 1 New York
In re Yates 59 N.C. 212 1861 1 North Carolina
Burd's Executor v. Burd's Administrator 40 Pa. 182 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Fountain v. Bryce 47 S.C.L. 234 1861 1 South Carolina
Bedell's Adm'r v. Smith 37 Ala. 619 1861 1 Alabama
Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church 39 Pa. 226 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Nichols v. Randall 5 Minn. 304 1861 1 Minnesota
Thompson v. Bell 37 Ala. 438 1861 1 Alabama