Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bird v. McLaurin 12 Miss. 50 1844 1 Mississippi
Goodlett v. Kelly 74 Ala. 213 1883 1 Alabama
Sullivan v. Wooldridge 107 Ark. 256 1913 1 Arkansas
United States v. King 48 U.S. 833 1849 1 United States
Kearney v. Case 79 U.S. 275 1870 1 United States
Brown v. Poindexter 18 Miss. 596 1848 1 Mississippi
Merchants' Bank v. Spalding 9 N.Y. 53 1853 1 New York
Hall v. Bergen 19 Barb. 122 1854 1 New York
Reynolds v. Geary 26 Conn. 179 1857 1 Connecticut
Humphreys v. Wilson 43 Miss. 328 1870 1 Mississippi
W. L. Wilkins & Co. v. Riley 47 Miss. 306 1872 1 Mississippi
Simmons v. Yurann 11 Neb. 516 1881 1 Nebraska
City of Aberdeen v. Sykes 59 Miss. 236 1881 1 Mississippi
Vette v. Geist 155 Mo. 27 1900 1 Missouri
Conithan v. Royal Insurance 91 Miss. 386 1907 1 Mississippi
Jackson County v. Worth 127 Miss. 813 1921 1 Mississippi
American Express Co. v. Jennings 86 Miss. 329 1905 1 Mississippi
Hammond v. St. Louis Public Schools 8 Mo. 65 1843 1 Missouri
Wiswall v. Stewart & Easton 32 Ala. 433 1858 1 Alabama
Lawrence v. Martin 22 Cal. 173 1863 1 California