Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Betts v. Demumbrune 3 Tenn. 39 1812 1 Tennessee
Moore v. Berry 40 Tenn. App. 1 1955 1 Tennessee
Neal v. Peden 38 Tenn. 546 1858 1 Tennessee
Carney v. Carney 66 Tenn. 284 1874 1 Tennessee
United States v. Griswold 8 F. 556 1881 1 United States
Coleman v. Community Trust Bank (In re Coleman) 285 B.R. 892 2002 1 United States
Town of Denver v. City of Spokane Falls 7 Wash. 226 1893 1 Washington
Ferguson v. City of Snohomish 8 Wash. 668 1894 1 Washington
Hayden v. Inhabitants of Stoughton 22 Mass. 528 1827 1 Massachusetts
Emerson v. Shirley 188 La. 196 1937 1 Louisiana
Allen v. Conlon 2 Ill. App. 166 1878 1 Illinois
Commonwealth v. Nailor 29 Pa. Super. 275 1905 1 Pennsylvania
Meadowcroft v. People 163 Ill. 56 1896 1 Illinois
Bowden v. Taggart 17 Va. 513 1811 1 Virginia
Boswell v. First National Bank of Laramie 16 Wyo. 161 1907 1 Wyoming
Hadfield v. Jameson 16 Va. 53 1809 1 Virginia
Green v. Price 15 Va. 449 1810 1 Virginia
Emerson v. Shirley 175 So. 909 1937 1 Louisiana
Sharp v. Sharp 227 La. 9 1955 1 Louisiana
Sullivan's Lessee v. Brown 1 Tenn. 6 1799 1 Tennessee