Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Proprietors of the Canal Bridge v. Trustees of the Methodist Religious Society 54 Mass. 335 1847 1 Massachusetts
State v. Shepherd 30 N.C. 195 1847 1 North Carolina
Stillings v. Smith 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 488 1887 1 New York
In re the Judicial Settlement of Cruger 68 N.Y. St. Rep. 241 1895 1 New York
Simpson v. Serviss 3 Ohio C.C. 433 1888 1 Ohio
Fordyce v. Godman 20 Ohio St. 1 1870 1 Ohio
State v. M’Lemore 20 S.C.L. 680 1835 1 South Carolina
Terry v. Belcher 17 S.C.L. 568 1830 1 South Carolina
Maples ex rel. Broughton v. Maples 14 S.C. Eq. 300 1839 1 South Carolina
Mansfield's Estate 206 Pa. 64 1903 1 Pennsylvania
Phoenix Building & Homestead Ass'n v. Weilbacher 11 Teiss. 72 1914 1 Louisiana
Jones v. Swanson 40 Tenn. 161 1859 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Turner 48 U.S. 283 1849 1 United States
Nolde's Estate 27 Pa. Super. 413 1904 1 Pennsylvania
Kauffeld's Estate 28 Pa. Super. 162 1905 1 Pennsylvania
Black v. State 113 Wis. 205 1902 1 Wisconsin
Humphreys v. State 70 Ohio St. 67 1904 1 Ohio
Overton v. Hudson Executor of Hudson 2 Va. 172 1796 1 Virginia
Thurber v. Royal Insurance 15 Del. 251 1894 1 Delaware
Rhines v. Phelps 8 Ill. 455 1846 1 Illinois