Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Danforth v. Laney 28 Ala. 274 1856 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Shields v. Trammell 19 Ark. 51 1857 1 Arkansas
Arguello v. Edinger 10 Cal. 150 1858 1 California
Cheney v. Cook 7 Wis. 413 1859 1 Wisconsin
Hoover v. Calhoun 57 Va. 109 1860 1 Virginia
Green v. Drummond 31 Md. 71 1869 1 Maryland
Pearson v. East 36 Ind. 27 1871 1 Indiana
McComas v. Easley 62 Va. 23 1871 1 Virginia
Wright v. Pucket 63 Va. 370 1872 1 Virginia
Cuselich v. Cuselich 159 La. 652 1925 1 Louisiana
Hines v. Mercer 125 N.C. 71 1899 1 North Carolina
Hirsch Bros. & Co. v. R. E. Kennington Co. 155 Miss. 242 1929 1 Mississippi
Pierce's Heirs v. Catron's Heirs 64 Va. 588 1873 1 Virginia
Belton v. Apperson 67 Va. 207 1875 1 Virginia
Rhea v. Jordan 69 Va. 678 1877 1 Virginia
Stearns v. Beckam 72 Va. 379 1879 1 Virginia
Carlisle v. Brennan 67 Ind. 12 1879 1 Indiana
Middleton v. Selby 19 W. Va. 167 1881 1 West Virginia
Floyd v. Jones 19 W. Va. 359 1882 1 West Virginia