Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Russell v. Southard 53 U.S. 139 1851 1 United States
Brant v. Robertson 16 Mo. 129 1852 1 Missouri
Wilson v. Shoenberger's Executors 31 Pa. 295 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Nease v. Capehart 8 W. Va. 95 1874 1 West Virginia
Renard v. Brown 7 Neb. 449 1878 1 Nebraska
Stinchfield v. Milliken 71 Me. 567 1880 1 Maine
In re the Trust Estate of Sellers 31 Del. Ch. 158 1949 1 Delaware
Walker v. State 37 Tex. 366 1873 1 Texas
Prison Ass'n v. Russell's Administrator 103 Va. 563 1905 1 Virginia
State v. Erickson 45 Wis. 86 1878 1 Wisconsin
Maxwell v. Hixson 383 F. Supp. 320 1974 1 United States
Reid v. Diamond Plate-Glass Co. 85 F. 193 1898 1 United States
Chase v. Palmer 25 Me. 341 1845 1 Maine
Curry v. Fulkinson's Executors 14 Ohio 100 1846 1 Ohio
Kemp v. Holland 10 Mo. 255 1846 1 Missouri
Smith's Adm'r v. Lamberts 48 Va. 138 1850 1 Virginia
Rapp v. Rapp 6 Pa. 45 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Hardy v. Boaz 29 Ala. 168 1856 1 Alabama
Bond v. Conway 11 Md. 512 1857 1 Maryland
Bailey v. Miller 45 Ind. App. 475 1910 1 Indiana