Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Tyler v. Nelson’s Adm’x 55 Va. 214 1858 1 Virginia
Wilkins v. Allen 59 U.S. 385 1855 1 United States
Enochs v. State ex rel. Roberson 133 Miss. 107 1923 1 Mississippi
State ex rel. Rankin v. District Court 70 Mont. 322 1924 1 Montana
Finan v. Mayor of Cumberland 154 Md. 563 1928 1 Maryland
Downey v. Bullock 42 N.C. 102 1850 0 North Carolina
Rosenburg v. Bouse 172 Md. 530 1937 1 Maryland
Oursler v. Tawes 178 Md. 471 1940 1 Maryland
Katzenberg v. Comptroller of the Treasury 263 Md. 189 1971 1 Maryland
Keen v. Whittongton 40 Md. 489 1874 1 Maryland
Staley v. Howard 7 Mo. App. 377 1879 1 Missouri
Drake v. Webb 63 Ala. 596 1879 1 Alabama
Le Brun v. Le Brun ex rel. Randall 55 Md. 496 1881 1 Maryland
Le Strange v. State ex rel. Roche 58 Md. 26 1882 1 Maryland
Sailors' Union of the Pacific v. Hammond Lumber Co. 156 F. 450 1907 1 United States
Ezell v. Justices of Giles County 40 Tenn. 583 1859 1 Tennessee
James L. v. Carryl 61 U.S. 583 1857 1 United States
Louder v. Hunter 32 S.D. 108 1913 1 South Dakota
Hilmen v. Bryn 39 N.D. 211 1918 1 North Dakota
Commonwealth ex rel. Brown v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. 143 Md. 29 1923 1 Maryland