Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Young v. Frost 1 Md. 377 1851 1 Maryland
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Leake v. Hayes 13 Wash. 213 1895 1 Washington
Dingess v. Marcum 41 W. Va. 757 1896 1 West Virginia
Arnold v. Bunnell 42 W. Va. 473 1896 1 West Virginia
Walker v. Wynne 11 Tenn. 62 1832 1 Tennessee
Osborn v. Younger 235 S.W. 558 1921 1 Texas
Wynn v. Lee 5 Ga. 217 1848 1 Georgia
Snapp v. Spengler 29 Va. 1 1830 1 Virginia
Watts v. Cole 29 Va. 653 1830 1 Virginia
Thomas v. Mackall 23 F. Cas. 961 1839 1 United States
Shields v. McClung 6 W. Va. 79 1873 1 West Virginia
Withrow v. Smithson 37 W. Va. 757 1893 1 West Virginia
Sommerville v. Horton 12 Tenn. 541 1833 1 Tennessee
Whitney v. Freeland 26 Miss. 481 1853 1 Mississippi
Bank of Marietta v. Pindall 23 Va. 465 1824 1 Virginia
M'Alexander v. Harris 20 Va. 465 1820 1 Virginia
New Orleans Gas Co. v. Louisiana Light Co. 115 U.S. 650 1885 1 United States
Mapes v. Weeks 4 Wend. 659 1830 1 New York