Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wallis v. Rhea 10 Ala. 451 1846 0 Alabama
St. John v. O'Connel 7 Port. 466 1838 0 Alabama
Leach v. West 16 Ala. 250 1849 0 Alabama
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Alabama
Atwood v. Craig 3 Stew. & P. 21 1832 0 Alabama
Williamson v. Williamson 58 N.C. 142 1859 0 North Carolina
Harrison v. Deramus 33 Ala. 463 1859 0 Alabama
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Louisiana
Cary v. Gregg 3 Stew. 433 1831 0 Alabama
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Civil SC of New York
Branch Bank at Mobile v. Taylor 10 Ala. 67 1846 0 Alabama
McDonald v. McGuire 8 Tex. 361 1852 0 Texas
Dodd v. McCraw 8 Ark. 83 1847 0 Arkansas
Legg v. McNeill 2 Tex. 428 1847 0 Texas
Spence v. Thompson 11 Ala. 746 1847 0 Alabama
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Alabama
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Alabama
Chester v. Greer 24 Tenn. 26 1844 0 Tennessee
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia