Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam 140 S. Ct. 1959 2020 1 United States
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Indiana
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Illinois
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
Arnold v. Booth 14 Wis. 180 1861 1 Wisconsin
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Illinois
Matter of Coates 3 Abb. Ct. App. 231 1856 1 New York
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Illinois
Mitchell v. Wilson 17 F. Cas. 524 1827 1 United States
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 1859 0 Tennessee
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Pennel v. State 122 Tenn. 622 1909 1 Tennessee
Chairs v. State 124 Tenn. 630 1911 1 Tennessee
Ketchum v. Dew 47 Tenn. 532 1870 0 Tennessee
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 California
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States
Corley v. Corley 42 Tenn. 520 1865 1 Tennessee
In re Jones 13 F. Cas. 927 1874 0 United States