Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Barnes v. Syester 14 Md. 507 1859 0 Maryland
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
DeWalt v. Snow 25 Tex. 320 1860 0 Texas
Aylett's Ex'or v. King 38 Va. 486 1841 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Little v. McLendon 58 N.C. 216 1859 0 North Carolina
Nash v. Milburn 25 Tex. 783 1860 0 Texas
Bruce v. Leveringe 23 Md. 288 1865 0 Maryland
Wynns v. Burden 58 N.C. 377 1860 0 North Carolina
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot's Executor 27 Ala. 351 1855 0 Alabama
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Alabama
State v. Sterling 20 Md. 502 1864 0 Maryland
Chester v. Greer 24 Tenn. 26 1844 0 Tennessee
Bagly v. Birmingham 23 Tex. 452 1859 0 Texas
Scruggs & Lindsay v. Orme 46 Ala. 533 1871 0 Alabama
Irwin v. Jordan 26 Tenn. 167 1846 0 Tennessee
Heath v. Devaughn 37 Ala. 677 1861 0 Alabama
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
Pye v. Wood 3 H. & J. 504 1814 0 Maryland