Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
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
Denfield 156 Mass. 265 1892 1 Massachusetts
Wheeler v. Train 20 Mass. 254 1825 1 Massachusetts
Baker v. Fales 16 Mass. 147 1819 1 Massachusetts
Melvin v. Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River 33 Mass. 161 1834 1 Massachusetts
Weld v. Clarke 209 Mass. 9 1911 1 Massachusetts
Pickens v. Davis 134 Mass. 252 1883 1 Massachusetts
Rice v. Governor 207 Mass. 577 1911 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Adams 125 N.E.3d 39 2019 1 Massachusetts
Cochrane v. Forbes 267 Mass. 417 1929 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Bromley v. Mitchell 155 Mass. 509 1892 1 Massachusetts
Haven v. Foster 26 Mass. 112 1829 1 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Roxbury v. Worcester Turnpike Corp. 19 Mass. 41 1823 1 Massachusetts