Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State v. Woodward 21 Mo. 265 1855 1 Missouri
Blair v. West Point Manufacturing Co. 7 Neb. 146 1878 1 Nebraska
Baker v. Daily 6 Neb. 464 1877 1 Nebraska
First National Bank v. Dun 36 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 529 1883 1 New York
Slutter v. Kirkendall ex rel. Brown 100 Pa. 307 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Carmille v. Administrator of Carmille 27 S.C.L. 454 1842 1 South Carolina
Buck v. Tolar 146 S.C. 294 1928 1 South Carolina
Legierse & Co. v. Pierce 2 Tex. L. R. 543 1884 1 Texas
Smith v. Ford 48 Wis. 115 1880 1 Wisconsin
Great Falls Manufacturing Co. v. United States 16 Ct. Cl. 160 1880 1 United States
In re Estate of Pulling 97 Mich. 375 1893 1 Michigan
Dewitt v. Oppenheimer & Co. 51 Tex. 103 1879 1 Texas
Naglee v. Ingersoll 7 Pa. 185 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Trauger v. Sassaman 14 Pa. 514 1850 1 Pennsylvania
Gough v. Bell 22 N.J.L. 441 1850 1 New Jersey
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
Burroughs v. State 17 Fla. 643 1880 1 Florida
People v. Jones 242 Ill. 138 1909 1 Illinois
Stearns v. State 81 Md. 341 1895 1 Maryland
Toomer v. State 112 Md. 285 1910 1 Maryland