Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Maxwell v. Maxwell 60 Ky. 101 1860 0 Kentucky
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas
State v. Harwood 60 N.C. 228 1864 1 North Carolina
Grier v. Wallace 7 S.C. 182 1876 0 South Carolina
Garrett v. Stuart 12 S.C.L. 514 1821 0 South Carolina
Hector v. State 2 Mo. 135 1829 0 Missouri
Bob v. State 10 Tenn. 173 1826 0 Tennessee
Butler v. Haskell 4 S.C. Eq. 651 1816 0 South Carolina
Brown v. Burrus 8 Mo. 26 1843 0 Missouri
Buckley v. Lindsey Mercantile Co. 5 La. App. 467 1927 1 Louisiana
Gaines v. Gaines’ Executor 48 Ky. 295 1848 0 Kentucky
Adams v. Gardiner 52 Ky. 197 1852 0 Kentucky
Humphrey v. State 1 Minor 64 1822 0 Alabama
In re Stepen 1 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 323 1816 0 New York
Eyre v. Jacob 14 Gratt. 422 1858 0 Virginia
Blythe v. Speaks 23 Tex. 429 1859 0 Texas
Vince v. Burns 192 So. 735 1939 1 Louisiana
Andrews v. Avory 14 Gratt. 229 1858 0 Virginia
Milliken & Farwell v. Taft Mercantile Co. 7 La. App. 150 1927 1 Louisiana