Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Allen v. Smith 22 Ala. 416 1853 0 Alabama
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Jones v. Jones 36 Md. 447 1872 0 Maryland
Moss v. Sandefur 15 Ark. 381 1854 0 Arkansas
Alexander v. Alexander 8 Ala. 796 1845 0 Alabama
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Arkansas
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Delaware
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Alabama
Parkinson v. State 14 Md. 184 1859 0 Maryland
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
State v. Flanigin 5 Ala. 477 1843 0 Alabama
Toulmin v. Buchanan's Executors 1 Stew. 67 1827 0 Alabama
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
Caldwell v. Pickens' Adm'r 39 Ala. 514 1864 0 Alabama
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Louisiana
Governor v. Pearce 31 Ala. 465 1858 0 Alabama
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Brice v. Lide 30 Ala. 647 1857 0 Alabama