Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Town of Waterville v. County Commissioners of Kennebec County 59 Me. 80 1871 1 Maine
Jennings v. Jennings 49 Tenn. 283 1871 1 Tennessee
Keerl v. Keerl 34 Md. 21 1871 1 Maryland
Smith v. Hinson 51 Tenn. 250 1871 1 Tennessee
Parker v. Dean 45 Miss. 408 1871 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Felton 43 N.Y. 419 1871 1 New York
Long v. State 34 Tex. 566 1871 1 Texas
Denson v. Beazley 34 Tex. 191 1871 1 Texas
Gibbs v. State 50 Tenn. 72 1871 1 Tennessee
President of Georgetown College v. Browne 34 Md. 450 1871 1 Maryland
Clute v. Steele 6 Nev. 335 1871 1 Nevada
Kelly v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 278 1871 0 Tennessee
Catron v. Cross 50 Tenn. 584 1871 1 Tennessee
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Smith 1 Walk. 88 1871 1 Pennsylvania
Kraker v. Shields 61 Va. 377 1871 1 Virginia
Ellis v. Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad 107 Mass. 1 1871 1 Massachusetts
Betts v. Shotton 27 Wis. 667 1871 1 Wisconsin
Scott v. Perkins 4 W. Va. 591 1871 1 West Virginia
Rainey v. Laing 58 Barb. 453 1871 1 New York
Board of Supervisors v. Gorrell 61 Va. 484 1871 1 Virginia