Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Gowings v. Loyd 4 Tex. 242 1849 0 Texas
Christmas v. Smith 10 Tex. 123 1853 0 Texas
Harris v. Vanderveer's Executor 21 N.J. Eq. 561 1870 New Jersey
Executors of Van Houten v. Pennington 8 N.J. Eq. 745 1852 New Jersey
State v. Lyon 1 N.J.L. 462 1789 New Jersey
Pitts v. Ennis 1 Tex. 604 1846 0 Texas
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Texas
Graybill v. Warren 4 Ga. 528 1848 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Spivey v. Platon 29 Ark. 603 1874 0 Arkansas
Haskill v. Sevier 25 Ark. 152 1867 0 Arkansas
Gray v. Belden 3 Fla. 110 1850 0 Supreme Court of FL
Wiley v. Parmer 14 Ala. 627 1848 0 Alabama
McElvain v. Mudd 44 Ala. 48 1870 0 Alabama
Simmons v. State 4 Ga. 465 1848 0 Georgia
Bryan v. Spruill 57 N.C. 27 1858 0 North Carolina
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Louisiana
Carrington & Co. v. Manning's Heirs 13 Ala. 611 1848 0 Alabama
State v. Jones 5 Ala. 666 1843 0 Alabama
Malone's Adm'r v. Hobbs 40 Va. 347 1842 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wills v. Spraggins 44 Va. 555 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA