Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 United States
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Kegler v. Miles 8 Tenn. 426 1825 0 Tennessee
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 New Jersey
Cloud v. Calhoun 31 S.C. Eq. 358 1858 0 South Carolina
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 United States
O'Neill v. General Film Co. 157 N.Y.S. 1028 1916 New York
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 North Carolina
Walter & Smith v. Hoffman & Johnson 2 D.C. 651 1826 0 United States
Aldrich v. Fox 1 Me. 316 1821 1 Civil Maine
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Aaron v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. 159 Mo. App. 307 1911 1 Missouri
Howe v. Treasurer of Plainfield 37 N.J.L. 145 1874 1 New Jersey
United States v. Prout 27 F. Cas. 625 1833 0 United States
Long v. State 12 Ga. 293 1852 0 Georgia
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 United States
Mitchell v. Wilson 17 F. Cas. 524 1827 1 United States