Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Briggs v. Greene 10 R.I. 495 1873 1 Rhode Island
In re Mericlo 63 How. Pr. 62 1882 1 New York
Butler v. Elyton Land Co. 84 Ala. 384 1887 1 Alabama
Four Mile Land & Coal Co. v. Slusher 107 Ky. 664 1900 1 Kentucky
Guerand v. Dandelet 32 Md. 561 1870 1 Maryland
Falconer v. Roberts 88 Mo. 574 1886 1 Missouri
Sims v. Yazoo & Big Black Plank Road Co. 38 Miss. 23 1859 1 Mississippi
In re the Estate of Singleton 26 Nev. 106 1901 1 Nevada
Crane v. Larsen 15 Or. 345 1887 1 Oregon
Trimmier v. Thomson 10 S.C. 164 1878 1 South Carolina
Burrows v. French 34 S.C. 165 1891 1 South Carolina
Portis vs. Hill 3 Tex. 273 1848 1 Texas
Veramendi v. Hutchins 48 Tex. 531 1878 1 Texas
Johnson v. United States 2 Ct. Cl. 167 1866 1 United States
Sturner v. Weitemeyer 126 Wis. 660 1906 1 Wisconsin
Berry v. Powell 101 Tex. 55 1907 1 Texas
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Hodgkin 48 R.I. 459 1927 1 Rhode Island
Town of Pownal v. Myers 16 Vt. 408 1844 1 Vermont
Piper v. Gray 2 La. App. 313 1925 1 Louisiana
Frey v. Turner 18 La. App. 219 1931 1 Louisiana