Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ex parte Tillman 93 Ala. 101 1890 1 Alabama
Dudley v. Hawley 40 Barb. 397 1863 1 New York
Overstreet v. State 46 Ala. 30 1871 1 Alabama
Norris v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1059 1872 1 Mississippi
People v. Zayas 217 N.Y. 78 1916 1 New York
People v. Zayas 34 N.Y. Crim. 162 1916 1 New York
Karr v. State 491 So. 2d 1073 1986 1 Alabama
Saltmarsh v. Bower & Co. 22 Ala. 221 1853 1 Alabama
Dumas v. Hunter 30 Ala. 75 1857 1 Alabama
Winter & Co. v. Burt 31 Ala. 33 1857 1 Alabama
Hitchcock v. Hunt 28 Conn. 343 1859 1 Connecticut
Taylor v. Strickland 37 Ala. 642 1861 1 Alabama
Whittier v. Town of Franklin 46 N.H. 23 1865 1 New Hampshire
Foster v. Hightower 40 Ala. 295 1866 1 Alabama
Hardy v. Merrill 56 N.H. 227 1875 1 New Hampshire
Clements v. Hood 57 Ala. 459 1876 1 Alabama
Willis v. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. 11 Or. 257 1884 1 Oregon
Carleton v. Jenks 80 F. 937 1897 1 United States
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Damskibsaktieselskabet Habil 138 Ala. 348 1903 1 Alabama
Hammond v. Vetsburg 56 Fla. 369 1908 1 Florida