Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
Chapman v. Cassels Co. 180 Ga. 349 1935 1 Georgia
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Burleigh v. Clough 52 N.H. 267 1872 1 New Hampshire
Lord v. State 16 N.H. 325 1844 1 New Hampshire
Moore v. Cole 200 Tenn. 43 1956 1 Tennessee
Neenan v. City of St. Joseph 126 Mo. 89 1894 1 Missouri
State v. Welsor 117 Mo. 570 1893 1 Missouri
Gibson v. Belcher 287 S.C. 315 1985 1 South Carolina
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Bessey v. Newichawanick Co. 94 Me. 61 1900 1 Maine
Warren v. Kelley 80 Me. 512 1888 1 Maine
Dallas Farm Machinery Co. v. Reaves 158 Tex. 1 1957 1 Texas
Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 1897 1 Massachusetts
Southern Railway Co. v. Clay 130 Ga. 563 1908 1 Georgia
United States v. Ayala 887 F.2d 62 1989 1 United States
Hancock v. Edwards 26 Tenn. 349 1846 0 Tennessee
Frasier v. Littleton's Ex'or 100 Va. 9 1901 1 Virginia
Smith v. McDonald 95 N.C. 163 1886 1 North Carolina
Wilcocks v. Phillips 29 F. Cas. 1198 1843 1 United States