Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Philleo v. Holliday 24 Tex. 38 1859 0 Texas
State v. Schoolfield 29 Tex. 501 1861 0 Texas
Montgomery v. Nash 23 Tex. 157 1859 0 Texas
Dial v. Dial 21 Tex. 529 1858 0 Texas
Little v. Birdwell 21 Tex. 597 1858 0 Texas
Smith v. Nelson 34 Tex. 516 1871 0 Texas
McDaniel v. White 32 Tex. 488 1870 0 Texas
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Morgan v. Republic of Texas 2 Tex. 279 1847 0 Texas
Anderson v. Garrett 9 Gill 120 1850 0 Maryland
Worthington v. Bullitt 6 Md. 172 1854 0 Maryland
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Patch v. Wabash Railroad 207 U.S. 277 1907 1 United States
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Mangun v. Webster 7 Gill 78 1848 0 Maryland
Magruder v. Carroll 4 Md. 335 1853 0 Maryland
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Reynolds v. Confederate States 38 Ala. 429 1863 1 Alabama
People v. Washington 36 Cal. 658 1869 1 California