Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Scott v. Searles 13 Miss. 25 1845 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. DuVal 27 Ark. 599 1872 1 Arkansas
Vass v. Commonwealth 30 Va. 786 1831 1 Virginia
Evansich v. G., C. & Santa Fe R. R. Co. 61 Tex. 24 1884 1 Texas
Toulmin v. Lesesne 2 Ala. 359 1841 1 Alabama
Crohn v. Kansas City Home Telephone Co. 131 Mo. App. 313 1908 1 Missouri
Cabinet Makers Union v. Sommers 2 McGl. 247 1884 1 Louisiana
Wilson v. State 20 Ohio 26 1851 1 Ohio
Watson v. Williams 36 Miss. 331 1858 1 Mississippi
Lancaster v. Wilson 68 Va. 624 1876 1 Virginia
Huntington v. McMahon 48 Conn. 174 1880 1 Connecticut
Belden v. Seymour 8 Conn. 304 1831 1 Connecticut
Jack v. Dougherty 3 Watts 151 1834 1 Pennsylvania
M'Crea v. Purmort 16 Wend. 460 1836 1 New York
Gamble v. Johnson 9 Mo. 597 1845 1 Missouri
Burrage's Lessee v. Beardsley 16 Ohio 438 1847 1 Ohio
Matlock v. Livingston 17 Miss. 489 1848 1 Mississippi
Watts v. Kinney 30 Va. 272 1831 1 Virginia
In re Lowe 134 N.Y.S. 537 1912 1 New York
Isenberg v. Trent Trust Co. 31 F.2d 553 1929 1 United States