Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Peter v. Elliott's Executors 2 Md. 199 1786 0 Maryland
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
Sprigg v. Weems 2 Md. 266 1789 0 Maryland
Shorter v. Rozier 3 Md. 238 1794 0 Maryland
Mary v. Vestry of William & Mary's Parish 3 Md. 501 1796 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Courts 3 Md. 510 1796 0 Maryland
Raymer & Beatty v. Sim 3 Md. 451 1796 0 Maryland
Cato v. Howard 2 H. & J. 323 1806 0 Maryland
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 209 1816 0 Louisiana
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Louisiana
Smart v. Baugh 26 Ky. 363 1830 0 Kentucky
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Kentucky
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana