Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Riggs v. Riggs 135 Mass. 238 1883 1 Massachusetts
Coffin v. Heath 47 Mass. 76 1843 1 Massachusetts
Ela v. Edwards 82 Mass. 91 1860 1 Massachusetts
Prescott v. Heard 10 Mass. 60 1813 1 Massachusetts
First Congregational Church v. Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance 158 Mass. 475 1893 1 Massachusetts
Drake v. Rice 130 Mass. 410 1881 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Holmes 127 Mass. 424 1879 1 Massachusetts
Davis v. Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum 195 Mass. 402 1907 1 Massachusetts
Bell v. Nesmith 217 Mass. 254 1914 1 Massachusetts
Hurley v. Commonwealth 188 Mass. 443 1905 1 Massachusetts
Merrill v. New England Mutual Life Insurance 103 Mass. 245 1869 1 Massachusetts
Ross v. Ross 129 Mass. 243 1880 1 Massachusetts
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
Couch v. Barefoot 1 Rec. Co. Ct. 13 1671 1 Massachusetts
Eastman v. Foster 49 Mass. 19 1844 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Sowle 75 Mass. 304 1857 1 Massachusetts
Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council 201 Mass. 609 1909 1 Massachusetts
Hubbard v. Shaw 94 Mass. 120 1866 1 Massachusetts
Foster v. Bailey 157 Mass. 160 1892 1 Massachusetts
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts