Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 162 So. 826 1935 1 Louisiana
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Hall v. McGregor 65 W. Va. 74 1909 1 West Virginia
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
King v. Davis 137 F. 198 1903 1 United States
Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S Co. v. Stewart 119 La. 392 1907 1 Louisiana