Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Valsain v. Cloutier 3 La. 170 1831 0 Wills, debts, legitimacy, renunciation, property, successions, fraud, lesion, res judicara, filiation, prescription, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Strawbridge v. Turner 8 La. 537 1835 0 Torts, runaway enslaved person, liability, damages Louisiana
Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278 1840 0 Torts, slander, jury instructions, malice, evidence, witness testimony, damages Louisiana
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Geron v. Geron 15 Ala. 558 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Michigan
Newman v. James 12 Ala. 29 1847 0 Conveyance of an Enslaved Person as a Gift Alabama
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Andrews v. Huckabee's Adm'r 30 Ala. 143 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Indictiment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. Maine
Berry v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church 7 Md. 564 1855 0 Maryland
Tuggle v. Barclay, Stinnett & Co. 6 Ala. 407 1844 0 Dispute over Execution of a Bill of Sale Alabama
Wade v. Powell 31 Ga. 1 1860 0 Two Actions of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Carrying contraband Connecticut
Crandall v. State 10 Conn. 339 1834 0 Harbouring slave Connecticut
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Michigan
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Butler v. Parks 1 Va. 76 1792 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA