Case of Davis, 7 F. Case 63 (C.C.D. Va. 1867)
C. Ellen Connally did a lengthy piece on the case in the 2009 University of Akron Law Review.
This was the appeal that Davis brought to the Federal Circuit Court in Virginia - the history of the case is extremely complex, and he fought it in court for close to four years.
Davis motioned the court three years post war.