Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Wright v. Boynton 37 N.H. 9 1858 1 New Hampshire
Califf v. Hillhouse 3 Minn. 311 1859 1 Minnesota
Birdsall v. Russell 24 N.Y. Super. Ct. 538 1863 1 New York
Birdsall v. Russell 29 N.Y. 220 1864 1 New York
Seabrook v. Hecker 25 N.Y. Super. Ct. 291 1864 1 New York
Smith v. David 168 Ga. 511 1929 1 Georgia
Moore v. Murdock 26 Cal. 514 1864 1 California
Geary v. Simmons 39 Cal. 224 1870 1 California
McGoldrick v. Willits 52 N.Y. 612 1873 1 New York
Charauleau v. Woffenden 1 Ariz. 243 1876 1 Arizona
Richard v. Wellington 66 N.Y. 308 1876 1 New York
Grant v. Cropsey 8 Neb. 205 1879 1 Nebraska
Trenton Banking Co. v. Duncan 86 N.Y. 221 1881 1 New York
Second National Bank of Beloit, Wis., v. O. E. Merrill Co. 69 Wis. 501 1887 1 Wisconsin
Olden v. Hendrick 100 Mo. 533 1890 1 Missouri
Gilman Linseed Oil Co. v. Norton 89 Iowa 434 1893 1 Iowa
Carpy v. Dowdell 115 Cal. 677 1897 1 California
Christopher Phelps & Associates, LLC v. Galloway 492 F.3d 532 2007 1 United States
Gibson v. Foster 2 La. Ann. 503 1847 1 Louisiana