Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lenoir v. Rainey 15 Ala. 667 1849 0 Alabama
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 United States
Succession of Taylor v. Taylor 15 La. Ann. 313 1860 0 Louisiana
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Louisiana
Worthy v. Patterson 20 Ala. 172 1852 0 Alabama
Cockrill's Adm'r v. Hobson 16 Ala. 391 1849 0 Alabama
T. & W. Brandon v. Planters & Merchants' Bank of Huntsville 1 Stew. 320 1828 0 Alabama
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 General Ct. of VA
Hamner v. Smith 22 Ala. 433 1853 0 Alabama
Robin v. Hardaway 1 Jefferson 109 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Goddin v. Morris 1 Va. Col. Dec. 189 1732 0 General Ct. of VA
Hull v. Clark 22 Miss. 187 1850 0 Mississippi
Stewart v. Hood 10 Ala. 600 1846 0 Alabama
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 United States
Carleton & Co. v. Banks 7 Ala. 32 1844 0 Alabama
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Mississippi
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 North Carolina
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Mississippi
Garland v. Rowan 10 Miss. 617 1844 0 Mississippi
Nixon v. Robbins 24 Ala. 663 1854 0 Alabama