Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Cook v. Gray 7 Del. 455 1862 1 Delaware
Stephenson v. Osborne 41 Miss. 119 1866 1 Mississippi
Christmas v. Russell 72 U.S. 290 1866 1 United States
Hardeman v. Downer 39 Ga. 425 1869 1 Georgia
Turley v. Brewster 33 Tex. 188 1870 1 Texas
Deering v. Boyle 8 Kan. 525 1871 1 Kansas
Jones v. Davis 6 Neb. 33 1877 1 Nebraska
Vance v. Vance 32 La. Ann. 186 1880 1 Louisiana
Mellinger v. Mayor & Aldermen of Houston 68 Tex. 37 1887 1 Texas
Van Rheeden v. Bush 44 Mo. App. 283 1891 1 Missouri
Wilson v. Simon 91 Md. 1 1900 1 Maryland
Brewer v. Bryan 237 Miss. 534 1959 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Homer 46 Miss. 378 1872 1 Mississippi
Bunker v. Taylor 13 S.D. 433 1900 1 South Dakota
Hartford Fire Insurance v. Hadden 28 Ill. 260 1862 1 Illinois
Lucas v. Boyd 156 Ala. 427 1908 1 Alabama
Roberts v. Rogers 28 Miss. 152 1854 1 Mississippi
Bass v. Taylor 34 Miss. 342 1857 1 Mississippi
Maloney v. Horan 36 How. Pr. 260 1868 1 New York
Maloney v. Horan 53 Barb. 29 1868 1 New York