Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Inhabitants of Dighton v. Inhabitants of Freetown 4 Mass. 539 1808 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Salem v. Inhabitants of Hamilton 4 Mass. 676 1808 0 Massachusetts
M'Millan v. Eastman 4 Mass. 378 1808 0 Massachusetts
Taylor v. Barton Child Co. 228 Mass. 126 1917 1 Massachusetts
Richardson v. Noyes 2 Mass. 56 1806 0 Civil Massachusetts
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 0 Civil Massachusetts
Wesley C. Cook v. Brown 125 Mass. 503 1878 1 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Andover v. Inhabitants of Canton 13 Mass. 547 1816 0 Massachusetts
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Lanesborough v. Inhabitants of Westfield 16 Mass. 74 1819 0 Massachusetts
People v. Curtis 52 Mich. 616 1884 1 Michigan
Kane v. Clough 36 Mich. 436 1877 1 Michigan
People v. Rushin 37 Mich. App. 391 1971 1 Michigan
Sutherland v. Carter 52 Mich. 471 1884 1 Michigan
Ellis v. Simpkins 81 Mich. 1 1890 1 Michigan
Jones v. Bloom 388 Mich. 98 1972 1 Michigan
Fifield v. Edwards 39 Mich. 264 1878 1 Michigan
Davis v. Bush 28 Mich. 432 1874 1 Michigan
People v. Knapp 42 Mich. 267 1879 1 Michigan
Donker v. Powers 230 Mich. 237 1925 1 Michigan