Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
President of the Farmers' Bank v. Thomas 37 Md. 246 1873 1 Maryland
Rice v. Forsyth 41 Md. 389 1875 1 Maryland
Ridgely v. Cross 83 Md. 161 1896 1 Maryland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad v. Howard 14 App. D.C. 262 1899 1 District of Columbia
Abbott v. Gatch 13 Md. 314 1859 1 Maryland
Warfield v. Dorsey 39 Md. 299 1874 1 Maryland
Preston v. Evans 56 Md. 476 1881 1 Maryland
J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co. v. Valleau 50 Iowa 120 1878 1 Iowa
Johnson v. Ward 2 Ill. App. 261 1878 1 Illinois
Abeles v. Cochran 22 Kan. 405 1879 1 Kansas
Franklin Co. v. Lewiston Institution for Savings 68 Me. 43 1877 1 Maine
Perkins v. Boothby 71 Me. 91 1880 1 Maine
Webber v. Donnelly 33 Mich. 469 1876 1 Michigan
Jones v. Surprise 64 N.H. 243 1886 1 New Hampshire
Graham v. National Bank 32 N.J. Eq. 804 1880 1 New Jersey
Arnot v. Pittston & Elmira Coal Co. 68 N.Y. 558 1877 1 New York
Pratt v. Short 53 How. Pr. 506 1877 1 New York
Birkett v. Chatterton 13 R.I. 299 1881 1 Rhode Island
Whitney v. First National Bank 50 Vt. 388 1877 1 Vermont
Neilsville Bank v. Tuthill 4 Dakota 295 1886 1 Dakota Territory