Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Jones v. Calloway's Adm'r 56 Ala. 46 1876 1 Alabama
Burr v. Gregory 4 F. Cas. 813 1828 1 United States
Kirksey v. Fike 27 Ala. 383 1855 1 Alabama
Kirksey v. Means 42 Ala. 426 1868 1 Alabama
Senter v. Davis 38 Cal. 450 1869 1 California
Louthan v. Stillwell 73 Mo. 492 1881 1 Missouri
Dilburn v. Youngblood & Co. 85 Ala. 449 1888 1 Alabama
Lewman & Co. v. Ogden Bros. 143 Ala. 351 1904 1 Alabama
Hutcheson v. King 37 Tex. Civ. App. 151 1904 1 Texas
Gilchrist v. Gilmer 9 Ala. 985 1846 1 Alabama
Patterson v. Ware 10 Ala. 444 1846 1 Alabama
Lanier v. Hill 25 Ala. 554 1854 1 Alabama
Kelly v. McGrath 70 Ala. 75 1881 1 Alabama
Bremer v. Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co. 123 Ill. 104 1887 1 Illinois
Williams v. Webb 127 Mo. 150 1895 1 Missouri
Gardner v. Knight 124 Ala. 273 1899 1 Alabama
Adm'r of Spence v. Whitaker 3 Port. 297 1836 1 Alabama
Saltmarsh v. Beene 4 Port. 283 1837 1 Alabama
McLane v. Spence 6 Ala. 894 1844 1 Alabama
Chandler v. Shehan 7 Ala. 251 1845 1 Alabama