Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Piedmont Electric Illuminating Co. v. Patteson's Adm'x 84 Va. 747 1888 1 Virginia
State v. Baker 33 W. Va. 319 1889 1 West Virginia
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Courtright v. Township Clerk 54 Mich. 182 1884 1 Michigan
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Mitchell v. Parks 180 N.C. 634 1920 1 North Carolina
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Fisk v. Keene 35 Me. 349 1853 1 Maine
Wills v. Foltz 61 W. Va. 262 1907 1 West Virginia
Mason's Devisees v. Peter's Administrators 15 Va. 437 1810 1 Virginia
Dennis v. Dennis 15 Md. 73 1860 0 Maryland
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Merrick v. Betts 214 Mass. 223 1913 1 Massachusetts
Magruder v. Carroll 4 Md. 335 1853 0 Maryland
Jordan v. Roney 23 Ala. 758 1853 0 Contract Dispute for Enslaved Person Alabama
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
Bennett v. Child 19 Wis. 362 1865 1 Wisconsin
Carder v. Bank of West Virginia 34 W. Va. 38 1890 1 West Virginia
Moebus v. Becker 46 N.J.L. 41 1884 1 New Jersey