Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Couch v. Atkinson 32 Ala. 633 1858 1 Alabama
Little v. People's Bank 209 Ala. 620 1923 1 Alabama
Caldwell v. Pickens' Adm'r 39 Ala. 514 1864 0 Recovery for Enslaved Persons Alabama
Barnes v. Ball 209 Ala. 618 1923 1 Alabama
McRae v. Pegues 4 Ala. 158 1842 0 Gift of enslaved persons Alabama
Ex parte Smith 34 Ala. 455 1859 0 Writ of Prohibition Alabama
East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railroad v. Bayliss 74 Ala. 150 1883 1 Alabama
May v. Kelly 27 Ala. 497 1855 1 Alabama
Carter v. Doe ex dem. Chaudron 21 Ala. 72 1852 1 Alabama
Governor v. Pearce 31 Ala. 465 1858 0 Negligence against Jailer Alabama
McCall v. Sinclair 14 Ala. 764 1848 1 Alabama
Clopton v. Martin 11 Ala. 187 1847 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Phillips v. Malone 223 Ala. 381 1931 1 Alabama
Rogers v. Wilson 1 Minor 407 1826 0 Assault and False Imprisonment Alabama
Derrick v. Kennedy 4 Port. 41 1836 0 Trespass Alabama
Fairbanks Morse & Co. v. Dees 220 Ala. 41 1929 1 Alabama
York Manufacturing Co. v. Bessemer Ice Manufacturing & Storage Co. 111 Ala. 332 1895 1 Alabama
Benning v. Nelson 23 Ala. 801 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Eagan Co. v. Johnson 82 Ala. 233 1886 1 Alabama
Fryer v. Dennis 2 Ala. 144 1841 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama