Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Indictment for misdemeanor Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Merrick v. Betts 214 Mass. 223 1913 1 Massachusetts
Somes v. Brewer 19 Mass. 184 1824 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Barry 116 Mass. 1 1874 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Lane 113 Mass. 458 1873 1 Massachusetts
Goulis v. Judge of Third District Court 246 Mass. 1 1923 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Roosnell 143 Mass. 32 1886 1 Massachusetts
Murdock Parlor Grate Co. v. Commonwealth 152 Mass. 28 1890 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Gay 153 Mass. 211 1891 1 Massachusetts
Fonseca v. Cunard Steamship Co. 153 Mass. 553 1891 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. McCarty 165 Mass. 37 1895 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Ponzi 256 Mass. 159 1926 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Knapp 26 Mass. 496 1830 1 Massachusetts
Adams v. Wheeler 27 Mass. 199 1830 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 1897 1 Massachusetts
Watkins v. Otis 19 Mass. 88 1824 1 Massachusetts
Parsons v. President of Gloucester Bank 27 Mass. 533 1830 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Porter 51 Mass. 263 1845 1 Massachusetts
Orcutt v. Nelson 67 Mass. 536 1854 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Nickerson 236 Mass. 281 1920 1 Massachusetts