Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Willis v. Harris 26 Tex. 136 1861 1 Texas
Stevens v. Hatch 6 Minn. 64 1861 1 Minnesota
Burd's Executor v. Burd's Administrator 40 Pa. 182 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church 39 Pa. 226 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Coolidge v. Melvin 42 N.H. 510 1861 1 New Hampshire
Jeffries v. Lawson 39 Miss. 791 1861 1 Mississippi
Kohner v. Ashenauer 17 Cal. 578 1861 1 California
Succession of Beckham 16 La. Ann. 352 1861 1 Louisiana
Dowell v. Jacks 53 N.C. 387 1861 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Ogbourne 37 Ala. 174 1861 1 Alabama
Harrison v. State 37 Ala. 154 1861 1 Alabama
Betts v. Francis 30 N.J.L. 152 1862 1 New Jersey
Sallee v. Arnold 32 Mo. 532 1862 1 Missouri
Eason v. Cherry 59 N.C. 261 1862 1 North Carolina
Tiley v. Moyers 43 Pa. 404 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Perkins v. Perkins 10 Mich. 425 1862 1 Michigan
Smith v. Austin 9 Mich. 465 1862 1 Michigan
Hughes v. Stevens 43 Pa. 197 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Dufour v. Mepham 31 Mo. 577 1862 1 Missouri
Einer v. Beste 32 Mo. 240 1862 1 Missouri