Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Doe ex dem. Stark v. Gildart 6 Miss. 606 1841 1 Mississippi
Quackenbush v. Danks 1 Denio 128 1845 1 New York
Danks v. Quackenbush 1 How. App. Cas. 325 1848 1 New York
Planters' Bank v. Sharp 47 U.S. 301 1848 1 United States
In re the Settlement of Seal's Estate 1 Pears. 389 1852 1 Pennsylvania
Cook v. Gray 7 Del. 455 1862 1 Delaware
Stephenson v. Osborne 41 Miss. 119 1866 1 Mississippi
Christmas v. Russell 72 U.S. 290 1866 1 United States
Hardeman v. Downer 39 Ga. 425 1869 1 Georgia
Turley v. Brewster 33 Tex. 188 1870 1 Texas
Deering v. Boyle 8 Kan. 525 1871 1 Kansas
Jones v. Davis 6 Neb. 33 1877 1 Nebraska
Vance v. Vance 32 La. Ann. 186 1880 1 Louisiana
Mellinger v. Mayor & Aldermen of Houston 68 Tex. 37 1887 1 Texas
Van Rheeden v. Bush 44 Mo. App. 283 1891 1 Missouri
Wilson v. Simon 91 Md. 1 1900 1 Maryland
Brewer v. Bryan 237 Miss. 534 1959 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Homer 46 Miss. 378 1872 1 Mississippi
Bunker v. Taylor 13 S.D. 433 1900 1 South Dakota
Hartford Fire Insurance v. Hadden 28 Ill. 260 1862 1 Illinois