Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cooper v. Saunders 11 Va. 409 1807 1 Virginia
Hite's Heirs v. Wilson 12 Va. 268 1808 1 Virginia
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Orem v. Campbell 175 Ky. 210 1917 1 Kentucky
Crespo v. Viola 152 La. 1088 1922 1 Louisiana
Merritt v. Clow 2 Tex. 582 1847 1 Texas
Doe ex dem. Reynolds v. Ingersoll 19 Miss. 249 1848 1 Mississippi
Bright v. Ross 19 Miss. 289 1848 1 Mississippi
Derwort v. Loomer 21 Conn. 245 1851 1 Connecticut
State ex rel. Perez v. Wall 41 Fla. 463 1899 1 Florida
Carbo v. State 4 Ga. App. 583 1908 1 Georgia
Fixmer v. People 153 Ill. 123 1894 1 Illinois
State v. Harris 90 Kan. 807 1913 1 Kansas
State v. de Rancé 34 La. 186 1882 1 Louisiana
Foster v. Bailey 157 Mass. 160 1892 1 Massachusetts
Milliken v. Dockray 80 Me. 82 1888 1 Maine
State v. Kingsbury 58 Me. 238 1870 1 Maine
People v. Sessions 58 Mich. 594 1886 1 Michigan
Holt v. People 13 Mich. 224 1865 1 Michigan
State v. Francis 199 Mo. 671 1906 1 Missouri