Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Roberts v. Westbrook 41 Tenn. 115 1860 0 Tennessee
Goodman v. Walker 30 Ala. 482 1857 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Green v. Goodall 41 Tenn. 404 1860 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Turner 44 Ala. 437 1870 0 Divorce on the grounds of adultery Alabama
Newman v. Davis 2 D.C. 16 1810 0 Trespass vi et armis United States
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 de homine replidgiando Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Atkinson v. Patton 1 D.C. 46 1802 0 Slander United States
Humphries v. Tench 2 D.C. 337 1822 0 Freedom Petition United States
Frazer v. Hightower 59 Tenn. 94 1873 0 Tennessee
Black v. Planters' Bank 23 Tenn. 367 1843 0 Tennessee
Young v. Palmer 2 D.C. 625 1825 0 Contract Damages United States
Reason v. Bridges 1 D.C. 477 1807 0 Jury Challenge United States
Graham v. Alexander 5 D.C. 663 1840 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. John 4 D.C. 336 1833 0 Indictments United States
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
United States v. Bell 1 D.C. 94 1802 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States
Hagan v. Lucas 35 U.S. 400 1836 0 United States
United States v. Soper 4 D.C. 623 1835 0 Conspiracy United States
Kevan v. Branch 42 Va. 275 1844 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
United States v. Shorter 1 D.C. 371 1806 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States