Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Davidson v. Waldron 31 Ill. 120 1863 1 Illinois
Gass v. Williams 46 Ind. 253 1874 1 Indiana
Kayser v. Bauer 5 Kan. 202 1869 1 Kansas
Mollison v. Eaton 16 Minn. 426 1871 1 Minnesota
Twidy v. Saunderson 31 N.C. 5 1848 0 North Carolina
Metzner v. Graham 57 Mo. 404 1874 1 Missouri
People ex rel. Tennant v. Parker 3 Neb. 409 1872 1 Nebraska
Spinning v. Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. 2 Disney (Ohio) 336 1858 1 Ohio
Bain v. Funk 61 Pa. 185 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Moore v. Whitney 1 Foster 1 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Jennings v. Jennings 49 Tenn. 283 1871 1 Tennessee
Bradley v. Kesee 45 Tenn. 223 1867 1 Tennessee
James v. Kennedy 57 Tenn. 607 1873 1 Tennessee
Cook v. Burnley 45 Tex. 97 1876 1 Texas
Hancock v. Henderson 45 Tex. 479 1876 1 Texas
Selleck v. Phelps 11 Wis. 380 1860 1 Wisconsin
Booth v. Ableman 16 Wis. 460 1863 1 Wisconsin
Buck v. Colbath 70 U.S. 334 1865 1 United States
Watson v. Jones 80 U.S. 679 1871 1 United States
Taylor v. Taintor 83 U.S. 366 1872 1 United States