Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Zadek v. Burnett 176 Ala. 80 1912 1 Alabama
Gardner v. Lanford 86 Ala. 508 1888 1 Alabama
Barrell v. Hanrick 42 Ala. 60 1868 1 Alabama
Boyle v. Wallace 81 Ala. 352 1886 1 Alabama
Roberts v. Ogbourne 37 Ala. 174 1861 1 Alabama
W. K. Syson Timber Co. v. Dickens 146 Ala. 471 1906 1 Alabama
Fields v. Walker 23 Ala. 155 1853 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Newsom v. Holesapple 101 Ala. 682 1893 1 Alabama
Tayloe v. Dugger 66 Ala. 444 1880 1 Alabama
Carter v. Couch 157 Ala. 470 1908 1 Alabama
Bibb v. Bibb 79 Ala. 437 1885 1 Alabama
Bullard v. Lambert 40 Ala. 204 1866 1 Alabama
Sherrod's Executors v. Hampton 25 Ala. 652 1854 1 Alabama
Ewing v. Sanford 19 Ala. 605 1851 0 Alleged Theft of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Mountain v. State 40 Ala. 344 1867 1 Alabama
Scott v. Baber 13 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Barker v. Bell 46 Ala. 216 1871 1 Alabama
Ex parte Hardy 68 Ala. 303 1880 1 Alabama
Stapler v. Hurt's Executors 16 Ala. 799 1849 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Rawls v. Doe ex dem. Kennedy 23 Ala. 240 1853 1 Alabama