Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dunbar v. Chevalier 28 Miss. 161 1854 1 Mississippi
Burch v. Hylton 89 Va. 441 1892 1 Virginia
Anderson v. Jackson 16 Johns. 382 1819 1 New York
Deihl v. King 6 Serg. & Rawle 29 1820 1 Pennsylvania
Nes v. Ramsay 155 Pa. 628 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Train v. Fisher 15 Serg. & Rawle 145 1827 1 Pennsylvania
Jackson ex dem. St. John v. Chew 25 U.S. 153 1827 1 United States
Patterson v. Ellis 11 N.Y. 259 1833 1 New York
Akin v. Drummond 2 La. Ann. 92 1847 1 Louisiana
Sleigh v. Strider 9 Va. 439 1805 1 Virginia
Rice v. Efford 13 Va. 225 1808 1 Virginia
Tidball v. Lupton 22 Va. 194 1822 1 Virginia
Brewster v. Benedict 14 Ohio 368 1846 1 Ohio
Reid v. Commercial Insurance 32 La. Ann. 546 1880 1 Louisiana
Zimmer v. Caumont 187 So. 681 1939 1 Louisiana
Stephenson v. Hagan 54 Ky. 282 1854 1 Kentucky
Callis v. Kemp 52 Va. 78 1854 1 Virginia
Turman v. White's heirs 53 Ky. 560 1854 1 Kentucky
State ex rel. Rochford v. Superior Court 4 Wash. 30 1892 1 Washington
Harris v. Brooker 8 Wash. 138 1894 1 Washington