Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Ex parte Letty 1 D.C. 328 1806 0 Habeus Corpus/ Freedom petition United States
Tarlton v. Tippett 2 D.C. 463 1824 0 Freedom Petition United States
Odell v. H. Batterman Co. 223 F. 292 1915 1 United States
Dennis v. Atlanta Nat. Building & Loan Ass’n 136 F. 539 1905 1 United States
Evans v. Walter Industries, Inc. 579 F. Supp. 2d 1349 2008 1 United States
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ex parte Riggins 134 F. 404 1904 1 United States
Scriven v. North 134 F. 366 1904 1 United States
Chicago Wooden Ware Co. v. Miller Ladder Co. 133 F. 541 1904 1 United States
Commercial Union Insurance v. Upjohn Co. 409 F. Supp. 453 1976 1 United States
United States v. Messerlian 633 F. Supp. 1493 1986 1 United States
Boyd v. Schneider 131 F. 223 1904 1 United States
United States v. Moore 129 F. 630 1904 1 United States
Heinze v. Butte & Boston Consolidated Min. Co. 126 F. 1 1903 1 United States
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
United States v. Nelson 4 D.C. 579 1835 0 Larceny Indictment United States
McCall v. Eve 1 D.C. 188 1804 0 Mens Rea United States
Moses v. Dunnaho 1 D.C. 315 1806 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. Dietrich 126 F. 671 1904 1 United States
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 Runaways and Petitioners for freedom United States