Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hancock v. McKinney 7 Tex. 384 1851 0 Texas
McClenny v. Floyd 3 Tex. 114 1848 0 Texas
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee
Scherer v. Upton 31 Tex. 617 1869 0 Texas
Elizabeth v. State 27 Tex. 329 1863 0 Texas
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Montgomery v. Nash 23 Tex. 157 1859 0 Texas
Little v. Birdwell 21 Tex. 597 1858 0 Texas
Smith v. Nelson 34 Tex. 516 1871 0 Texas
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Garrett 9 Gill 120 1850 0 Maryland
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Chew v. Beall 13 Md. 348 1859 0 Maryland
Dennis v. Dennis 15 Md. 73 1860 0 Maryland
Thos. Wilson & Co. v. Thos. J. Carson & Co. 12 Md. 54 1858 0 Maryland
Webster v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 719 1851 0 Louisiana
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland