Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Chapman v. Cassels Co. 180 Ga. 349 1935 1 Georgia
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
Massey v. Calhoun 26 Ga. 127 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
Rogers v. Silas 42 Ga. 541 1871 0 slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
State v. Mathews 68 W. Va. 89 1910 1 West Virginia
Almond v. Adams 221 La. 234 1952 1 Louisiana
Almond v. Adams 59 So. 2d 132 1952 1 Louisiana
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Negroes Charles v. Sheriff 12 Md. 274 1858 0 Maryland
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Uter v. Tessier 61 So. 2d 561 1952 1 Louisiana