Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Velsian v. Lewis 15 Or. 539 1888 1 Oregon
Brotherton v. Weathersby 73 Tex. 471 1889 1 Texas
Jackson v. Mumford's Executor 74 Tex. 104 1889 1 Texas
Rosenfield v. Express Co. 20 F. Cas. 1206 1871 1 United States
Hardman v. Brett 37 F. 803 1889 1 United States
United States v. American Surety Co. 155 F. 941 1907 1 United States
F. A. Patrick & Co. v. Nurnberg 21 N.D. 377 1911 1 North Dakota
State ex rel. Doullut v. Judge of the Sixth District Court 29 La. Ann. 869 1877 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 North Carolina
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Nelson v. Goree'r Adm'r 34 Ala. 565 1859 0 Alabama
Nixon v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co. 121 La. 447 1908 1 Louisiana
Mohr v. Langan 77 Mo. App. 481 1898 1 Missouri
Murnan v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. 585 F. Supp. 2d 825 2008 1 United States
In re the Estate of Pulling 93 Mich. 274 1892 1 Michigan
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Louisiana
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 North Carolina
Illinois & St. Louis Railroad & Coal Co. v. Cobb 94 Ill. 55 1879 1 Illinois
Morse v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. 117 Ky. 11 1903 1 Kentucky
Meyer v. King 72 Miss. 1 1894 1 Mississippi