Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
McCarty v. Roots 62 U.S. 432 1858 1 United States
Morgan v. Elam 12 Tenn. 375 1833 0 Tennessee
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Dubuisson v. Folkes 30 Miss. 432 1855 1 Mississippi
Allison-Russell-Withington Co. v. Sommers 219 Ala. 33 1929 1 Alabama
Billy v. State 11 S.C.L. 356 1820 0 South Carolina
Brown v. Scheuer, Wise & Co. 210 Ala. 47 1923 1 Alabama
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
Standard Oil Co. v. Davis 208 Ala. 565 1922 1 Alabama
Janko v. Commercial Security Co. 23 Ga. App. 655 1919 1 Georgia
United States v. Frye 4 D.C. 539 1835 0 United States
State ex rel. Rife v. Reynolds 137 Mo. App. 261 1909 1 Missouri
Oberne v. O'Donnell 35 Ill. App. 180 1889 1 Illinois
United States v. Ellick 2 D.C. 412 1823 0 United States
E. M. Tillman & Co. v. R. B. Adams & Co. 2 Wilson 266 1884 1 Texas
Morris & Morris v. Files 40 Tex. 374 1874 1 Texas
Floyd v. Hamilton 33 Ala. 235 1858 1 Alabama
Wilkinson v. Ketler 59 Ala. 306 1877 1 Alabama
White v. Wyley 17 Ala. 167 1850 1 Alabama
Sharpe v. Hunter 16 Ala. 765 1849 1 Alabama