Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Alabama
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Alabama
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Lenoir v. Sylvester 17 S.C.L. 632 1830 0 North Carolina
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Johnson 53 Tenn. 240 1871 0 Tennessee