Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Belden v. Seymour 8 Conn. 304 1831 1 Connecticut
Jack v. Dougherty 3 Watts 151 1834 1 Pennsylvania
M'Crea v. Purmort 16 Wend. 460 1836 1 New York
Gamble v. Johnson 9 Mo. 597 1845 1 Missouri
Burrage's Lessee v. Beardsley 16 Ohio 438 1847 1 Ohio
Matlock v. Livingston 17 Miss. 489 1848 1 Mississippi
In re Lowe 134 N.Y.S. 537 1912 1 New York
Pigford v. Veneman 361 U.S. App. D.C. 345 2004 1 United States
Hahn v. Ingram 362 F. Supp. 982 1973 1 United States
United States v. Jones 131 U.S. 1 1889 1 United States
Keystone Manganese & Iron Co. v. Martin 132 U.S. 91 1889 1 United States
Cross v. North Carolina 132 U.S. 131 1889 1 United States
United States v. Munchak 338 F. Supp. 1283 1972 1 United States
Preble v. Baldwin 60 Mass. 549 1850 1 Massachusetts
Swafford v. Whipple 3 Greene 261 1851 1 Iowa
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Vaugine v. Taylor 18 Ark. 65 1856 1 Arkansas
Illinois Life Ins. v. De Lang 124 Ky. 569 1907 1 Kentucky
Rockhill v. Spraggs 9 Ind. 30 1857 1 Indiana
Miller v. Little 37 N.D. 612 1917 1 North Dakota