Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Wilder v. Adams 29 F. Cas. 1216 1846 1 United States
Montany v. Rock 10 Mo. 506 1847 1 Missouri
Rogers v. Colt 21 N.J.L. 18 1847 1 New Jersey
Tyler v. Hand 48 U.S. 573 1849 1 United States
Chambers v. Games 2 Greene 320 1849 1 Iowa
Wilson v. Baptist Education Society 10 Barb. 308 1851 1 New York
Hoitt v. Holcomb 23 N.H. 535 1851 1 New Hampshire
Day v. New England Car-Spring Co. 7 F. Cas. 252 1854 1 United States
Stryker v. Vanderbilt 25 N.J.L. 482 1856 1 New Jersey
McCarty v. Beach 10 Cal. 461 1858 1 California
Levering & Morton v. Washington 3 Minn. 323 1859 1 Minnesota
Williams v. Mears 2 Disney (Ohio) 604 1859 1 Ohio
Messick v. Stafford 7 Del. 243 1860 1 Delaware
Phillips v. Potter 7 R.I. 289 1862 1 Rhode Island
Commissioners of Delaware County v. Andrews 18 Ohio St. 50 1868 1 Ohio
Spencer v. Perry 18 Mich. 394 1869 1 Michigan
Van Valkenburgh v. Smith 60 Me. 97 1872 1 Maine
Williams v. Guile 117 N.Y. 343 1889 1 New York
Lyons v. Allen 11 App. D.C. 543 1897 1 District of Columbia
Joseph v. Schwartz Foundry Co. 5 Teiss. 63 1908 1 Louisiana