Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Adams v. Adams 127 Ala. 518 1900 1 Alabama
Chandler v. Birmingham News Co. 209 Ala. 208 1923 1 Alabama
King v. Gilreath 154 Ala. 129 1907 1 Alabama
Catterlin v. Hardy 10 Ala. 511 1846 0 Action to remove enslaved persons Alabama
McClenny v. Ward 80 Ala. 243 1885 1 Alabama
St. Clair v. Caldwell & Riddle 72 Ala. 527 1882 1 Alabama
Saunders v. Cavett 38 Ala. 51 1861 1 Alabama
Maynard v. State 46 Ala. 85 1871 1 Alabama
Rhodes v. McFarland 43 Ala. 95 1869 1 Alabama
Berney National Bank v. Guyon & Co. 111 Ala. 491 1895 1 Alabama
Logan v. State 40 Ala. 733 1867 0 Emancipation dispute Alabama
Kling v. Connell 105 Ala. 590 1894 1 Alabama
Dearman v. Radcliffe 5 Ala. 192 1843 0 Will & trust Alabama
Wittick v. Traun 25 Ala. 317 1854 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Patterson v. Gaston 17 Ala. 223 1850 1 Alabama
State v. Marshall 8 Ala. 302 1845 0 Alabama
Kavanaugh v. Thompson 16 Ala. 817 1849 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Huff v. Cox 2 Ala. 310 1841 0 Execution of deed Alabama
Brown v. State 121 Ala. 9 1898 1 Alabama
Spear v. Walkley 10 Ala. 328 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama