Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Dungan’s Appeal 68 Pa. 204 1871 1 Pennsylvania
Feldesman v. McGovern 44 Cal. App. 2d 566 1941 1 California
Leslie v. Langham's Executors 40 Ala. 524 1867 0 Alabama
Christian v. Cabell 63 Va. 82 1872 1 Virginia
Lathan v. Edwards 121 F.2d 183 1941 1 United States
Beekman v. People 27 Barb. 260 1858 1 New York
Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd. v. Wang 113 F.2d 329 1940 1 United States
Frank v. Purington 5 Iowa 345 1857 1 Iowa
Morris v. Hoyt 11 Mich. 9 1862 1 Michigan
Gibert v. Peteler 38 Barb. 488 1862 1 New York
Randall v. Pettes 12 Fla. 517 1868 1 Florida
Quinn v. Roath 37 Conn. 16 1870 1 Connecticut
Templet v. Babbitt 5 So. 2d 13 1941 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power Co. v. St. Paul 110 La. 722 1903 1 Louisiana
Davis v. Harwood 70 Tex. 71 1888 1 Texas
Wilson v. Cox 50 Miss. 133 1874 1 Mississippi
Lenehan v. Gulf Land & Lumber Co. 118 La. 217 1907 1 Louisiana
Lyons v. Lawrence 118 La. 461 1907 1 Louisiana
Lisbon v. Lyman 49 N.H. 553 1870 1 New Hampshire
Hammonds v. Commissioner 106 F.2d 420 1939 1 United States