Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Schureman v. Withers 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 230 1816 1 New York
Percival v. Nevill 10 S.C.L. 452 1819 1 South Carolina
Wells v. Kennerly 15 S.C.L. 123 1827 1 South Carolina
Newnan v. Washington 8 Tenn. 79 1827 1 Tennessee
Dickson v. Cunningham 8 Tenn. 203 1827 1 Tennessee
Johnston v. Barrett 18 S.C.L. 562 1831 1 South Carolina
Olivera v. Union Insurance 16 U.S. 183 1818 1 United States
Fitch v. Newberry 1 Doug. 1 1843 1 Michigan
Directors of Poor v. Wallace 8 Watts & Serg. 94 1844 1 Pennsylvania
Succession of McCloskey 32 La. Ann. 146 1880 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Chitwood 44 N.C. 445 1853 0 North Carolina
McGoon v. Irvin 1 Pin. 526 1845 1 Wisconsin
Rice v. Breheny 7 Del. 74 1859 1 Delaware
Hewett v. Bronson 5 Daly (N.Y.) 1 1873 1 New York
M. Lowenburg & Co. v. Jones 56 Miss. 688 1879 1 Mississippi
Harding v. Minear 54 Cal. 502 1880 1 California
Orcutt v. Nelson 67 Mass. 536 1854 1 Massachusetts
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Shrum 24 Ind. App. 96 1899 1 Indiana
Ross v. Moskowitz 100 Tex. 434 1907 1 Texas
Ridgway v. Farmers' Bank of Bucks County 12 Serg. & Rawle 256 1825 1 Pennsylvania