Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Holden v. Strong 116 N.Y. 471 1889 1 New York
Myers v. Bank of Tennessee 40 Tenn. 330 1859 1 Tennessee
Harkleroud v. Nave 2 Shan. Cas. 407 1877 1 Tennessee
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Handman 81 Tenn. 423 1884 1 Tennessee
Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of Atlanta 203 U.S. 390 1906 1 United States
Pulliam v. Pulliam 10 F. 23 1879 1 United States
Murray v. Lovejoy 17 F. Cas. 1052 1863 1 United States
Lovejoy v. Murray 70 U.S. 1 1865 1 United States
Witter v. Mott 2 Conn. 67 1816 1 Connecticut
Clerklee v. Mundell's Lessee 4 H. & J. 497 1819 1 Maryland
Read v. Consequa 20 F. Cas. 350 1821 1 United States
Commonwealth Insurance v. Sennett 41 Pa. 161 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Evans v. Kingsberry 23 Va. 120 1823 1 Virginia
Dorsey v. Campbell 1 Bland 356 1825 1 Maryland
Treasurer of Pickaway ex rel. Oulrey v. Hall 3 Ohio 225 1827 1 Ohio
Boyd v. Swing 38 Miss. 182 1859 1 Mississippi
Schenck v. Conover 13 N.J. Eq. 220 1860 1 New Jersey
Suydam v. North Western Insurance 51 Pa. 394 1866 1 Pennsylvania
Trimble v. Patton 5 W. Va. 432 1872 1 West Virginia
H. Newmark & Co. v. Chapman 53 Cal. 557 1879 1 California