Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Littlejohn v. Underhill's Executor 5 N.C. 574 1816 0 North Carolina
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Alabama
Wade v. Edwards 1 N.C. 416 1802 0 North Carolina
Town of Exeter v. Town of Warwick 1 R.I. 63 1834 0 Rhode Island
Administrators of Butts v. Price 1 N.C. 68 1800 0 North Carolina
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
Smelser v. State 31 Tex. 95 1868 0 Texas
Hill v. Fairfax 38 Tex. 220 1873 0 Texas
James P. v. Newcomb 38 Tex. 561 1873 0 Texas
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut
Clinton v. Estes 20 Ark. 216 1859 0 Arkansas
Robertson v. Beavers 3 Port. 385 1836 0 Alabama
Tillotson v. Tillotson 34 Conn. 335 1867 0 Civil Connecticut
Harris v. Mauldin 13 Ala. 674 1848 0 Alabama
Rogers v. Crain 30 Tex. 284 1867 0 Texas
Tippett v. Mize 30 Tex. 361 1867 0 Texas
Reavis v. Blackshear 30 Tex. 753 1868 0 Texas
Trammell v. McDade 29 Tex. 360 1867 0 Texas
Nevett v. Berry 18 F. Cas. 27 1837 0 United States