Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Patton v. Goldsborough 9 Serg. & Rawle 47 1822 1 Pennsylvania
Orrick v. Pratt 34 Mo. 226 1863 1 Missouri
Dickins v. State 208 Miss. 69 1949 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
Smyth v. Hawthorn 3 Rawle 355 1832 1 Pennsylvania
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 Tennessee
Commercial Painting Co., Inc. v. The Weitz Co., LLC No. W201301989COAR3CV, 2016 WL 3519015, at *10 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 20, 2016) 2016 2 Tennessee
Hernandez v. State No. 05-11-01300-CR, 2013 WL 1282260, at *3 (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
Benje v. Creagh's Adm'r 21 Ala. 151 1852 0 Alabama
Saxon v. Rawls 51 Fla. 555 1906 1 Florida
Columbia Water Power Co. v. Campbell 75 S.C. 34 1906 1 South Carolina
Commonwealth v. A. B. Baxter & Co. 235 Pa. 179 1912 1 Pennsylvania
Sawyer v. City of Alton 4 Ill. 127 1841 1 Illinois
Harrell v. Durrance 9 Fla. 490 1861 0 Supreme Court of FL
Stephens v. Orman 10 Fla. 9 1862 0 Supreme Court of FL
Branch v. Wilson 12 Fla. 543 1868 0 Supreme Court of FL
Budd v. Long 13 Fla. 288 1869 0 Supreme Court of FL
Lee v. Chase 15 F. Cas. 147 1874 0 Cir. Ct., E.D. VA
Bolling's Ex'or v. Harrison 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 532 1857 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA