Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Roberts v. Ogbourne 37 Ala. 174 1861 1 Alabama
Jeffries v. Lawson 39 Miss. 791 1861 1 Mississippi
Dowell v. Jacks 53 N.C. 387 1861 1 North Carolina
Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church 39 Pa. 226 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Ex parte Merry 26 Tex. 23 1861 0 Texas
Hancock v. Watson 18 Cal. 137 1861 1 California
Howard v. Thomas 12 Ohio St. 201 1861 1 Ohio
Scott v. State 26 Tex. 116 1861 0 Texas
Stevens v. Hatch 6 Minn. 64 1861 1 Minnesota
Succession of Beckham 16 La. Ann. 352 1861 1 Louisiana
Martin v. Cook 59 N.C. 199 1861 1 North Carolina
Garth v. Cooper & Smith 12 Iowa 364 1861 1 Iowa
Hager v. Thomson 66 U.S. 80 1861 1 United States
Weathersby v. Weathersby 39 Miss. 652 1861 0 Mississippi
Folsom v. Carli 5 Minn. 333 1861 1 Minnesota
Castro v. Richardson 18 Cal. 478 1861 1 California
Merkle v. State 37 Ala. 139 1861 1 Alabama
Boyd v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. 17 Md. 195 1861 1 Maryland
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Hall's Heirs v. Hall's Executors 38 Ala. 131 1861 0 Alabama