Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Reed v. Nelson 33 Tex. 471 1870 1 Texas
Ropp v. Minor 74 Va. 97 1880 1 Virginia
Platt v. Schreyer 25 F. 83 1885 1 United States
Rose v. Bevan 10 Md. 466 1857 1 Maryland
Chappell v. Cox 18 Md. 513 1862 1 Maryland
Walker v. Stone 20 Md. 195 1863 1 Maryland
Brady v. State 26 Md. 290 1867 1 Maryland
Everman v. Robb 52 Miss. 653 1876 1 Mississippi
Kreuzer v. Cooney 45 Md. 582 1877 1 Maryland
Williams v. Briggs 11 R.I. 476 1877 1 Rhode Island
Brownell v. Brownell 10 R.I. 509 1873 1 Rhode Island
L. Cook & Co. v. Corthell 11 R.I. 482 1877 1 Rhode Island
American Cigar Co. v. Foster 36 Mich. 368 1877 1 Michigan
Butler v. Rahm 46 Md. 541 1877 1 Maryland
Robson v. Michigan Central Railroad 37 Mich. 70 1877 1 Michigan
Jewett v. Dringer 30 N.J. Eq. 291 1878 1 New Jersey
Gregory v. Whedon 8 Neb. 373 1879 1 Nebraska
Joseph v. L. Levi & Co. 58 Miss. 843 1881 1 Mississippi
Griffith v. Douglass 73 Me. 532 1882 1 Maine
Lund v. Fletcher 39 Ark. 325 1882 1 Arkansas