Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Forrester v. Forrester 38 Ala. 119 1861 1 Alabama
Stevens v. Hatch 6 Minn. 64 1861 1 Minnesota
Preslar v. Stallworth 37 Ala. 402 1861 1 Alabama
Hopkinson v. Shelton 37 Ala. 306 1861 1 Alabama
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Townsend v. Gordon 19 Cal. 188 1861 1 California
Robertson v. Findley 31 Mo. 384 1861 1 Missouri
Hocker v. Gentry 60 Ky. 463 1861 0 Kentucky
Haden v. North Carolina Railroad 53 N.C. 362 1861 0 North Carolina
Woodson v. McCune 17 Cal. 298 1861 1 California
Whatley v. Strong 23 Ark. 421 1861 0 Arkansas
Strayhorn v. Giles 22 Ark. 517 1861 0 Arkansas
Robinson v. Bishop & Wife 23 Ark. 378 1861 0 Arkansas
Tyler v. Willis 13 Abb. Pr. 369 1861 1 New York
Baker v. Wise 57 Va. 139 1861 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Griffin 32 Ga. 81 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Norton v. Supervisors of Rock County 13 Wis. 611 1861 1 Wisconsin
Wheaton v. Neville 19 Cal. 41 1861 1 California
Watson v. Warnock 31 Ga. 694 1861 1 Georgia
State v. Carver 49 Me. 588 1861 1 Maine