Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Savage v. Benham 17 Ala. 119 1849 0 Alabama
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Alabama
Felder v. Harper 12 Ala. 612 1847 0 Alabama
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
O'Neal v. Wilson 21 Ala. 288 1852 0 Alabama
Wright's Heirs v. Ware 50 Ala. 549 1874 0 Alabama
Jones v. Fort 36 Ala. 449 1860 0 Alabama
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Gibbs v. Mermaud 2 Edw. Ch. 482 1835 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Fleming v. Gilmer 35 Ala. 62 1859 0 Alabama
Petty v. Gayle 25 Ala. 472 1854 0 Alabama
Simpson v. Mitchell 16 Tenn. 417 1835 0 Tennessee
Succession of Packwood 12 La. 334 1845 0 Louisiana
Burt v. State 39 Ala. 617 1866 0 Alabama
Brazelton v. Turney 47 Tenn. 267 1869 0 Tennessee
Trippe v. Trippe 29 Ala. 637 1857 0 Alabama
Porter ex rel. Porter v. Blakemore 42 Tenn. 556 1865 0 Tennessee
State v. Levi 44 N.C. 6 1852 0 North Carolina
Forkner v. Stuart 47 Va. 197 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Barnett’s Executor v. Tarrence 23 Ala. 463 1853 0 Alabama