Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lucas v. Brooks 23 La. Ann. 117 1871 1 Louisiana
Shropshire v. Burns 46 Ala. 108 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Wharton v. Cunningham 46 Ala. 590 1871 0 Promissory note dispute Alabama
Pitts v. State 43 Miss. 472 1871 0 Admissibility of an extra-judicial confession Mississippi
Mastin v. Marlow 65 N.C. 695 1871 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Williams 43 Miss. 430 1871 0 Division of an estate Mississippi
Redus v. Hayden 43 Miss. 614 1871 0 Confirmation of the sale of slaves Mississippi
Foley v. Bitter 34 Md. 646 1871 1 Maryland
Guion v. Doherty 43 Miss. 538 1871 0 Coverture Mississippi
Scruggs & Lindsay v. Orme 46 Ala. 533 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Erwin v. Western North Carolina Rail Road 65 N.C. 79 1871 0 Action to recover value of a slave North Carolina
Billingslea v. Glenn 45 Ala. 540 1871 0 Final Settlement of Estate Alabama
Sutton v. Owen 65 N.C. 123 1871 0 Action of debt North Carolina
State ex rel. Whitford v. Foy 65 N.C. 265 1871 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Puryear v. Edmondson 51 Tenn. 43 1871 0 Tennessee
Barfield v. Price 40 Cal. 535 1871 1 California
Oxford Iron Co. v. Spradley 46 Ala. 98 1871 1 Alabama
Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad 53 Tenn. 421 1871 0 Tennessee
Storm v. Smith 43 Miss. 497 1871 0 Sale of enslaved man owned by a minor by that minor's guardian Mississippi
Vaughn v. Deloatch 65 N.C. 378 1871 1 North Carolina