Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488, 169 So. 521 (La.1936) 1936 1 Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Manguno v. City of New Orleans 155 So. 41 1934 1 Louisiana
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
State v. Mathews 68 W. Va. 89 1910 1 West Virginia