Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Thurlow v. Massachusetts 46 U.S. 504 1847 1 United States
Richardson v. Milburn 11 Md. 340 1857 1 Maryland
Giles v. Fauntleroy 13 Md. 126 1859 1 Maryland
Birney v. New York & Washington Printing Telegraph Co. 18 Md. 341 1862 1 Maryland
Second National Bank of Ironton v. Ewing 21 W. Va. 208 1882 1 West Virginia
Baltimore Building Ass'n No. 2 v. Grant 41 Md. 560 1875 1 Maryland
Hercules Powder Co. v. Harry T. Campbell Sons Co. 156 Md. 346 1929 1 Maryland
Doub v. Mason 2 Md. 380 1852 1 Maryland
Gooch v. Weldon Bank & Trust Co. 176 N.C. 213 1918 1 North Carolina
Starr v. Heckart 32 Md. 267 1870 1 Maryland
Simpson v. Emelia J. 15 Fla. 9 1874 1 Florida
Rice v. State 3 Kan. 141 1865 1 Kansas
Nix v. Jos. Petrie & Co. 4 Pelt. 229 1921 1 Louisiana
Sowers Co. v. Melton 14 La. App. 159 1930 1 Louisiana
Dulany v. Rogers 50 Md. 524 1879 1 Maryland
Dalton v. McLean 137 Me. 4 1940 1 Maine
Guerrant v. Smith 48 Miss. 90 1873 1 Mississippi
Lambeth v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 532 1872 1 Mississippi
Porter v. State 1 Miss. Dec. 555 1884 1 Mississippi
Tyson v. Tyson 219 N.C. 617 1941 1 North Carolina