Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Hume 121 Ala. 168 1898 1 Alabama
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York