Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Eads v. Murphy 52 Ala. 520 1875 1 Alabama
Owen v. State 862 So. 2d 687 2003 1 Florida
Reiersen v. Comm'r of Revenue 26 Mass. App. Ct. 124 1988 1 Massachusetts
Hughes v. Peacehealth 344 Or. 142 2008 1 Oregon
McQuillen v. State 16 Miss. 587 1847 1 Mississippi
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
Bills v. Silver King Mining Co. 106 Cal. 9 1895 1 California
Bryan v. Lashley 21 Miss. 284 1850 1 Mississippi
Succession of Bell 194 La. 274 1939 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Wheeler v. Slavens 21 Miss. 623 1850 1 Mississippi
Canterberry v. Jordan 27 Miss. 96 1854 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Tuggle 27 Miss. 836 1854 1 Mississippi
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam 140 S. Ct. 1959 2020 1 United States
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon