Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Conveyance Alabama
Nesbitt v. Drew 17 Ala. 379 1850 0 Assumpsit Alabama
West v. Hendrix 28 Ala. 226 1856 1 Alabama
Green v. State 151 Ala. 14 1907 1 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Hopper v. McWhorter 18 Ala. 229 1850 0 Trover Alabama
Nelson v. Murfee 69 Ala. 598 1881 1 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Strahan 7 Ala. 444 1845 0 Disputed Contract Alabama
Burns v. Hudson 37 Ala. 62 1860 0 Dipsute over Will Alabama
Commons v. Walters 1 Port. 323 1835 0 Ability to Sell Enslaved Person Alabama
Streety & Co. v. McCurdy 104 Ala. 493 1894 1 Alabama
Thompson v. State 25 Ala. 41 1854 0 Assault and Battery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Lide v. Park 135 Ala. 131 1902 1 Alabama
Millard's Adm'rs v. Hall 24 Ala. 209 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Campbell v. Noble 110 Ala. 382 1895 1 Alabama
Michan v. Wyatt 21 Ala. 813 1852 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Taylor v. Branch Bank at Huntsville 21 Ala. 581 1852 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Wyatt v. Greer 4 Stew. & P. 318 1833 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Clarke v. West 5 Ala. 117 1843 1 Alabama
Bragg v. Massie's Adm'r 38 Ala. 89 1861 0 Gift of a Enslaved Person Alabama