All cases Involving slavery Cites cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases including names of people involved Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Dakota Territory United States
Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Jackson v. Parkersburg & O. V. Electric Ry. Co. 233 F. 784 1916 1 United States
Milliken v. Barrow 55 F. 148 1893 1 United States
Thornton v. Davis 4 D.C. 500 1835 0 United States
New Orleans v. Warner 175 U.S. 120 1899 1 United States
Bean v. Smith 2 F. Cas. 1143 1821 1 United States
The Venus 12 U.S. 253 1814 1 United States
Smyth v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 93 F. 899 1899 1 United States
Fruehauf Corp. v. Jartran, Inc. (In re Jartran, Inc.) 105 B.R. 859 1989 1 United States
Ross's Executors v. Holtzman 3 D.C. 391 1828 0 United States
Flesch v. Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute 434 F. Supp. 963 1977 1 United States
Ætna Life Ins. v. Geher 50 F.2d 657 1931 1 United States
United States v. Cohn 270 U.S. 339 1926 1 United States
Miller v. Decker 411 F.2d 302 1969 1 United States
Tutt v. Ide 24 F. Cas. 393 1859 1 United States
Louisiana v. Jumel 107 U.S. 711 1882 1 United States
Reed v. Campbell 20 F. Cas. 422 1862 0 United States
The J. W. French 13 F. 916 1882 1 United States
Heirs of Burat v. Board of Levee Commissioners 496 F.2d 1336 1974 1 United States
United States v. Cluck 143 F.3d 174 1998 1 United States
Kaley v. United States 571 U.S. 320 2014 1 United States