| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis v. Herrington | 53 Ark. 5 | 1890 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| Hargroves v. Freeman | 12 Ga. 342 | 1852 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Uhlfelder v. Levy | 9 Cal. 607 | 1858 | 1 | California | |
| Moran v. Palmer | 13 Mich. 367 | 1865 | 1 | Michigan | |
| Johnson v. Sullivan | 23 Mo. 474 | 1856 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Hull v. Lyon | 27 Mo. 570 | 1858 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Kent v. Rand | 64 N.H. 45 | 1886 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Williams v. Fitch | 18 N.Y. 546 | 1859 | 1 | New York | |
| Root v. Wright | 84 N.Y. 72 | 1881 | 1 | New York | |
| Benedict v. State | 44 Ohio St. 679 | 1887 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Moore v. Bray | 10 Pa. 519 | 1849 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Anderson v. De Soer | 47 Va. 363 | 1849 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Smith v. Elliott's Adm'r | 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 307 | 1855 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Chahoon v. Commonwealth | 62 Va. 822 | 1871 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Reed v. Jones | 8 Wis. 392 | 1859 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| DeWitt v. Perkins | 22 Wis. 473 | 1868 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| State v. Douglass | 20 W. Va. 770 | 1882 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| McGugin v. O. R. R. | 33 W. Va. 63 | 1889 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| McClanahan v. Davis | 49 U.S. 170 | 1850 | 1 | United States | |
| Kennedy v. Foley | 240 Md. 615 | 1965 | 1 | Maryland |