Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
McGuire v. Evans 40 N.C. 269 1848 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Hartford Ins. Co. 54 Cal. 442 1880 1 California
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 La.
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 Maryland
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee
Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Bisso 153 So. 19 1934 1 Louisiana
Shevnin v. Chester 9 La. App. 531 1929 1 Louisiana
Krebs v. State 8 Tex. Ct. App. 1 1880 1 Texas
Gilbert v. Decker 53 Conn. 401 1885 1 Connecticut
Crabb v. Celeste Independent School District 105 Tex. 194 1912 1 Texas
State v. Gray 19 Nev. 212 1885 1 Nevada
United States v. Howell 318 F.2d 162 1963 1 United States
Henning v. Varner 34 Md. 102 1871 0 Maryland
In re Estates of Beisel 110 Cal. 267 1895 1 California
United States v. Fuentes 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 41836, *13 1994 2 Texas