Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Newnan v. Washington 8 Tenn. 79 1827 1 Tennessee
Dickson v. Cunningham 8 Tenn. 203 1827 1 Tennessee
Johnston v. Barrett 18 S.C.L. 562 1831 1 South Carolina
Olivera v. Union Insurance 16 U.S. 183 1818 1 United States
Fitch v. Newberry 1 Doug. 1 1843 1 Michigan
Directors of Poor v. Wallace 8 Watts & Serg. 94 1844 1 Pennsylvania
Succession of McCloskey 32 La. Ann. 146 1880 1 Louisiana
McGoon v. Irvin 1 Pin. 526 1845 1 Wisconsin
Rice v. Breheny 7 Del. 74 1859 1 Delaware
Hewett v. Bronson 5 Daly (N.Y.) 1 1873 1 New York
M. Lowenburg & Co. v. Jones 56 Miss. 688 1879 1 Mississippi
Harding v. Minear 54 Cal. 502 1880 1 California
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Shrum 24 Ind. App. 96 1899 1 Indiana
Ross v. Moskowitz 100 Tex. 434 1907 1 Texas
Ridgway v. Farmers' Bank of Bucks County 12 Serg. & Rawle 256 1825 1 Pennsylvania
Clarke v. School District No. 7 3 R.I. 199 1855 1 Rhode Island
Van Schoyck v. Backus 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 68 1876 1 New York
Ware v. Hill 209 Ga. 214 1952 1 Georgia
Van Valkenburg v. Croffut 22 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 147 1878 1 New York
Reynolds v. Dorsey 188 Ga. 218 1939 1 Georgia