Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tallahassee Rail-Road v. Macon 8 Fla. 299 1859 0 Recovery of Value for a Deceased Slave Supreme Court of FL
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Bisso 179 La. 56 1934 1 Louisiana
Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Bisso 153 So. 19 1934 1 Louisiana
Gabbert v. Gabbert 217 Ala. 599 1928 1 Alabama
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Balte v. Bedemiller 37 Or. 27 1900 1 Oregon
Mitchell v. Mims 8 Tex. 6 1852 0 Action to recover for hiring of slaves Texas
United States v. Alvarado 440 F.3d 191 2006 1 United States
American Bush v. City of South Salt Lake 140 P.3d 1235 2006 1 Utah
Smith v. Wiggins 3 Stew. 221 1830 0 Detinue for an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Jones's v. Jones's 92 Va. 590 1896 1 Virginia
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 0 Maryland
M'Clanachan v. Siter 43 Va. 280 1845 1 Virginia
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
McDonald v. City of Chicago 561 U.S. 742 2010 1 United States
1953 Op. Att'y Gen 053–68 (March 24, 1953) 1953 1 United States
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia