Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Cortes 17 Cal. 487 1861 1 California
Chater v. S.F. Sugar Ref. Co. 19 Cal. 219 1861 1 California
Matthis v. State 33 Ga. 24 1861 1 Georgia
Purkitt v. Polack 17 Cal. 327 1861 1 California
Dorsey v. Hagerstown Bank 17 Md. 408 1861 1 Maryland
Seighman v. Marshall 17 Md. 550 1861 1 Maryland
Wright’s Appeal 38 Pa. 507 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Davis v. Commonwealth 57 Va. 134 1861 1 Virginia
Trask v. Green 9 Mich. 358 1861 1 Michigan
Newman v. State 14 Wis. 393 1861 1 Wisconsin
Brown v. Murdock 16 Md. 521 1861 1 Maryland
Shafer v. Mumma 17 Md. 331 1861 1 Maryland
Glenn v. Smith 17 Md. 260 1861 1 Maryland
Kent v. Carcaud 17 Md. 291 1861 1 Maryland
Pue v. Hetzell 16 Md. 539 1861 1 Maryland
Niles v. Gray 12 Ohio St. 320 1861 1 Ohio
McColgan v. Hopkins 17 Md. 395 1861 1 Maryland
Stout v. City Fire Insurance Co. of New Haven 12 Iowa 371 1861 1 Iowa
Scott v. Scott 17 Md. 78 1861 1 Maryland
Cox v. Mobile & Girard Railroad 37 Ala. 320 1861 1 Alabama