Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Lanesborough v. Inhabitants of Westfield 16 Mass. 74 1819 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset 16 Mass. 454 1820 0 Massachusetts
Holden v. Eaton 25 Mass. 436 1829 0 Massachusetts
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Civil Massachusetts
Danzell v. Webquish 108 Mass. 133 1871 0 Massachusetts
Barry v. Ryan 70 Mass. 523 1855 1 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Edgartown v. Inhabitants of Tisbury 64 Mass. 408 1852 0 Massachusetts
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Thwing v. Washington Insurance 76 Mass. 443 1858 0 Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Massachusetts
Mickelson v. Barnet 390 Mass. 786 1984 1 Massachusetts
Holmes v. Old Colony Railroad 71 Mass. 58 1855 1 Massachusetts
Wheaton v. Wilmarth 54 Mass. 422 1847 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. White 329 Mass. 51 1952 1 Massachusetts
Sparhawk v. Cloon 125 Mass. 263 1878 1 Massachusetts
Illinois Watch Case Co. v. Cowan-Myers Co. 250 Mass. 347 1924 1 Massachusetts
Simmons v. Fish 210 Mass. 563 1912 1 Massachusetts
Sanger v. Cleveland 10 Mass. 415 1813 1 Massachusetts