Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis' Heirs v. Prevost's Heirs 12 Mart. (o.s.) 445 1822 1 Louisiana
Urquhart v. Sargent 2 La. Ann. 196 1847 1 Louisiana
Reed v. Brashers 3 Port. 375 1836 0 Alabama
Lide v. Lide's Adm'r 32 Ala. 449 1858 0 Alabama
Mayor of N.-Orleans v. Metzinger 3 Mart. (o.s.) 296 1814 1 Louisiana
Louisiana State Bank v. Orleans Navigation Co. 3 La. Ann. 294 1848 1 Louisiana
Kieffer v. Imhoff 26 Pa. 438 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Wickersham v. Orr 9 Iowa 253 1859 1 Iowa
Spencer v. Banister 12 La. Ann. 766 1857 1 Louisiana
The St. Nicholas 14 U.S. 417 1816 1 United States
State v. Negro Ben 1 H. & J. 99 1800 0 Maryland
The Fortuna 15 U.S. 161 1817 1 United States
Murray v. State 18 Ala. 727 1851 0 Alabama
Oothout v. Thompson 20 Johns. 277 1822 0 Civil SC of New York
State v. Barden 12 N.C. 518 1828 0 North Carolina
President of the State Bank v. Parker 12 N.C. 484 1828 0 North Carolina
Gill v. Tittle 14 Ala. 528 1848 0 Alabama
Sturgess v. Bissell 46 N.Y. 462 1871 1 New York
Oliver v. Johnson 24 La. Ann. 460 1872 1 Louisiana
Schurtz v. Johnson 69 Va. 657 1877 1 Virginia