Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Grover v. Grover 30 Mo. 400 1860 1 Missouri
Haynes v. Courtney 15 La. Ann. 630 1860 0 Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 59 N.C. 134 1860 1 North Carolina
Persse v. Watrous 30 Conn. 139 1861 1 Connecticut
Coolidge v. Melvin 42 N.H. 510 1861 1 New Hampshire
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Alabama
Castro v. Richardson 18 Cal. 478 1861 1 California
Reynolds v. Roebuck 37 Ala. 408 1861 0 Alabama
Humphries v. Dawson 38 Ala. 199 1861 0 Alabama
Folsom v. Carli 5 Minn. 333 1861 1 Minnesota
Wilson v. Hunter 14 Wis. 683 1861 1 Wisconsin
Grove's Appeal 37 Pa. 443 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Sterrett's Executor v. Kaster 37 Ala. 366 1861 0 Alabama
Hancock v. Watson 18 Cal. 137 1861 1 California
Merrill v. Rhodes 37 Ala. 449 1861 0 Alabama
Cook v. Baine 37 Ala. 350 1861 0 Alabama
Stone v. Watson 37 Ala. 279 1861 0 Alabama
Waldo v. Rice 14 Wis. 286 1861 1 Wisconsin
Nicholls v. Skeel 12 Iowa 300 1861 1 Iowa
In re Yates 59 N.C. 212 1861 1 North Carolina