Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jackson v. Jackson 32 Ga. 325 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wright’s Appeal 38 Pa. 507 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Alabama
Harrell v. Davis 53 N.C. 359 1861 0 North Carolina
West v. Ferguson 57 Va. 270 1861 1 Virginia
Cornelius v. Commonwealth 60 Ky. 481 1861 1 Kentucky
McColgan v. Hopkins 17 Md. 395 1861 1 Maryland
O'Neal v. Virginia & Maryland Bridge Co. 18 Md. 1 1861 1 Maryland
Nabb v. Koontz 17 Md. 283 1861 1 Maryland
Phelps v. Phelps 17 Md. 120 1861 1 Maryland
Lovejoy v. Irelan 17 Md. 525 1861 1 Maryland
State ex rel. Weir v. Dawson 16 Ind. 40 1861 1 Indiana
Dorsey v. Hagerstown Bank 17 Md. 408 1861 1 Maryland
Seighman v. Marshall 17 Md. 550 1861 1 Maryland
Roney's Adm'r v. Winter 37 Ala. 277 1861 1 Alabama
Van Bibber v. Ferdinand 17 Md. 436 1861 1 Maryland
Kent v. Holliday 17 Md. 387 1861 1 Maryland
Purkitt v. Polack 17 Cal. 327 1861 1 California
Kent v. Carcaud 17 Md. 291 1861 1 Maryland
Stout v. City Fire Insurance Co. of New Haven 12 Iowa 371 1861 1 Iowa