Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
The Etna 8 F. Cas. 803 1838 0 District Court, D. Maine
Inhabitants of Hallowell v. Inhabitants of Gardiner 1 Me. 93 1820 0 SC of Maine
Selectmen of Windsor v. Jacob 2 Tyl. 192 1802 0 SC of Vermont
Butler’s Adm’r v. Hughes 35 Ga. 200 1866 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lyman v. City of Philadelphia 56 Pa. 488 1868 0 SC of PA.
Golding v. Golding's Adm'r 24 Ala. 122 1854 0 Alabama
Boaler v. Cummines 3 F. Cas. 776 1853 0 District Court, E.D. PA.
Foremans v. Tamm 1 Grant 23 1853 0 SC of PA.
Holmes v. Johnson 42 Pa. 159 1862 0 SC of PA.
Gasper v. Donaldson 1 Whart. 227 1836 0 SC of PA.
Overseers v. Baker's Executors 2 Watts 280 1834 0 SC of PA.
Robards v. Cooper 16 Ark. 288 1855 0 Arkansas
Holtzapple v. Phillibaum 12 F. Cas. 430 1823 0 Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Overseers of Poor of Forks in Northampton County v. Overseers of Poor of Catawessa in Northumberland County 3 Binn. 22 1810 0 SC of PA.
Lessee of Wilson v. Rhoades 4 Yeates 38 1804 0 SC of PA.
Respublica v. Deaves 3 Yeates 465 1803 0 SC of PA.
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 SC of New York
Hopkins v. Fleet 9 Johns. 225 1812 0 SC of New York
Gurnee v. Dessies 1 Johns. 508 1806 0 SC of New York
Nash v. Benedict 25 Wend. 644 1841 0 SC of Judicature of New York