Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Greenleaf v. Edes 2 Minn. 264 1858 1 Minnesota
Stetson & Co. v. Miller 36 Ala. 642 1860 1 Alabama
State ex rel. Voullaire v. Tasker 31 Mo. 445 1862 1 Missouri
Mayer v. Shields 59 Miss. 107 1881 1 Mississippi
Bank of Commerce v. Payne, Viley & Co. 86 Ky. 446 1887 1 Kentucky
Globe Iron Roofing & Corrugating Co. v. Thacher 87 Ala. 458 1888 1 Alabama
McCloskey v. Gleason 56 Vt. 264 1883 1 Vermont
Dickens v. Dickens 174 Ala. 345 1911 1 Alabama
Brame v. Clark 148 N.C. 364 1908 1 North Carolina
Ide v. Harris 261 Ala. 484 1954 1 Alabama
Smith v. Smith 387 So. 2d 134 1980 1 Alabama
Chew v. Beall 13 Md. 348 1859 0 Maryland
Olszewski v. Jordan 144 Conn. App. 144 2013 1 Connecticut
Dennis v. Dennis 15 Md. 73 1860 0 Maryland
Thos. Wilson & Co. v. Thos. J. Carson & Co. 12 Md. 54 1858 0 Maryland
Mayor of Baltimore v. State ex rel. Board of Police 15 Md. 376 1860 0 Maryland
Davis v. Patton 19 Md. 120 1862 0 Maryland
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Brown v. Brown 12 Md. 87 1858 0 Maryland
Board of Commissioners of Public Schools v. County Commissioners 20 Md. 439 1864 0 Maryland