Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Legierse & Co. v. Pierce 2 Tex. L. R. 543 1884 1 Texas
Smith v. Ford 48 Wis. 115 1880 1 Wisconsin
Great Falls Manufacturing Co. v. United States 16 Ct. Cl. 160 1880 1 United States
Dewitt v. Oppenheimer & Co. 51 Tex. 103 1879 1 Texas
Naglee v. Ingersoll 7 Pa. 185 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Trauger v. Sassaman 14 Pa. 514 1850 1 Pennsylvania
Gough v. Bell 22 N.J.L. 441 1850 1 New Jersey
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
Burroughs v. State 17 Fla. 643 1880 1 Florida
People v. Jones 242 Ill. 138 1909 1 Illinois
Stearns v. State 81 Md. 341 1895 1 Maryland
Toomer v. State 112 Md. 285 1910 1 Maryland
Benesch v. State 129 Md. 505 1916 1 Maryland
Couley v. State 12 Mo. 462 1849 1 Missouri
State v. Brockman 46 Mo. 566 1870 1 Missouri
St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad v. Silver 56 Mo. 265 1874 1 Missouri
State v. Sayers 58 Mo. 585 1875 1 Missouri
Martin v. State 30 Neb. 421 1890 1 Nebraska
Thomas v. Estate of Thomas 64 Neb. 581 1902 1 Nebraska
Robinson v. Peru Plow & Wheel Co. 1 Okla. 140 1893 1 Oklahoma