Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Reiersen v. Comm'r of Revenue 26 Mass. App. Ct. 124 1988 1 Massachusetts
Hughes v. Peacehealth 344 Or. 142 2008 1 Oregon
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
Succession of Bell 194 La. 274 1939 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam 140 S. Ct. 1959 2020 1 United States
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Bradley 108 Wis. 467 1901 1 Wisconsin
Succession of Bell 193 So. 645 1939 1 Louisiana
Slaton v. King 30 So. 2d 867 1947 1 Louisiana
Barnett v. Barnett 339 So. 2d 495 1976 1 Louisiana
Aaron v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. 159 Mo. App. 307 1911 1 Missouri
Howe v. Treasurer of Plainfield 37 N.J.L. 145 1874 1 New Jersey
Abbate v. United States 5 Alaska Fed. 39 1921 1 United States
Abbate v. United States 359 U.S. 187 1959 1 United States