Cases listed were located using the Equity Docket Index, and therefore are only cases where a Hoffman was a defendant.
The names of notable cases are in bold.

vol. 1, 1851-1859
Charles Welsh v. William H. Hoffman, John H. Hunter, and William Matthews, 1851, p. 23, case no. 65
Filed 29 September 1851.
Recorded in LMB 144, p. 410

Samuel Wilson, et. al. v. Elizabeth D. W. Simpson, et al., 1854, p. 47, 71, case no. 126
Filed 3 April 1854. Probably not paper mill related.
Recorded in JB 34, p. 165

Henry Knell and Aaron Hoffman v. Hiram Kaufman, 1855, p. 75, case no. 204
Filed 22 May 1855.

Hiram Kaufman v. Henry Knell, Henry P. Brooks, and Aaron Hoffman, 1855, p. 75, case no. 206
Filed 9 June 1855.

York Bank v. Peter B. Hoffman, 1859, p. 212, case no. 594
Filed 8 September 1859. Dropped 19 October 1859.

York Bank v. Peter B. Hoffman, Eliza Hofman, and Luke T. Williamson, 1859, p. 217, case no. 608
Filed 9 November 1859.
Recorded in GHC 11, p. 381.

vol. 2, 1859-1865
John Ashton and Robert R. Boorman v. Peter B. Hoffman, 1860, p. 30, case no. 741
Filed 27 May 1860. Fi fa case.

John Boyd v. John G. Hoffman, et al., 1862, p. 97, 124, case no. 925
Filed 5 December 1862.
Recorded in JHG 13, p. 408

Charles Hoffman, next friend of Susan S. Hoffman v. Merchants Bank of Baltimore City and James L. Hoffman, trustee, 1864, p. 164, case no. 1080
Filed 18 November 1864.

vol. 3, 1865-1871
Walter G. Smith, trustee v. Aaron Hoffman, Mary Ann Hoffman, Ephraim Hoffman, and Caroline A. Hoffman, 1864, p. 186, case no. 1618
Filed 24 November 1864. Dismissed 8 March 1870.

vol. 4, 1871-1874
Robert Gilmor Jr., v. James L. Hoffman, et al., 1871, p. 22, case no. 1922
Filed 2 October 1871. Settled, 12 April 1878. See settled papers?

Christian B. Hoffman v. John C. Hoffman, 1872, p. 68, case no. 2056
Filed 17 May 1782. Settled papers.

John Hoffman and Margaret Samuel v. Christian Hoffman and Samuel J. Robinson, 1873, p. 178, case no. 2367
Filed 16 July 1873. See settled papers.

vol. 5, 1874-1876
En re: trust estate of Susan S. Hoffman, 1875, p. 107, case no. 2820

vol. 6, 1876-1878
William J. Hoffman v. William J. Hoffman, et al., 1877, p. 55, 89, 191 case no. 3294
Filed 17 May 1877.
Recorded in JB 59, p. 147; JB 62, p. 320, 441.

Henry Straus and Levi Straus Trading Co. v. John George Hoffman and Sarah Elizabeth Hoffman, 1877, p. 87, case no. 3382
Filed 19 September 1877.
Recorded in JB 55, p. 246.

En re: tax sale of John N. Hoffman's property, 1878, p. 155, case no. 3563
Filed 10 April 1878. Sale ratified 7 May 1878.
Recorded in WMJ 91, p. 272.

vol. 7, 1878-1880
none

vol. 8, 1880-1883
Herman H. Graue, Louris Wilkins, and Gustuv Adoplh Schlens, et al, executors v. Herman L. Piel, Halbert Hoffman, George H. Carman, and the County Commissioners of Baltimore County, 1880, p. 19, case no. 4399
Filed 1 December 1880. Agreement filed 18 February 1881.

William D. Hoffman v. Mary Jane Hoffman, et al., 1881, p. 113, case no. 4617.
Filed 20 December 1881.
Recorded in WMJ 83, p. 268.

Miles Davis v. John W. Hoffman and Ephraim Sharer, executors, 1882, p. 119, 221 case no. 4627
Filed 11 January 1882.

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. William H. Hoffman & Sons, 1882, p. 167, case no. 4721
Filed 6 June 1882. The city accussed the Hoffmans of dumping sulphuric acid and bleach into the Gunpowder River at the Marble Vale mill, also sewage from the factory's bathroom, leaving the water in the river "so discolored and impregnated with hurtful substances and the filth from their said privy..." City requested that the Hoffmans be enjoined from dumping these substances into the river.  The Hoffmans claimed that BA Circuit Court had no jurisdiction, and that they had been using these chemicals for many years, and that the water was hardly impacted at all. They also argued that BC was changing the principle use of the river from how it had been used for many years. Outcome not recorded.
Papers at MSA T696-71, 0/35/6/17

vol. 9
none found

vol. 10, 1883-1885
Third National Bank of Baltimore v. Michael Hoffman, Jr., 1883, p. 9, case no. 4920
Filed 8 June 1883. Settled papers 1891.

Jacob Craft Whittington v. Mary Ann Kaufman and Harriet Hoffman, 1884, p. 104, case no. 5141
Filed 11 July 1884.
Recorded in JWS 116, p. 218.

Margeretta Henn v. Elizabeth C. Hooper, William P. Hooper, and John Hoffman, 1885, p. 205, case no. 5326
Filed 15 May 1885.

vol. 11, 1885-1888
En re: William H. Hoffman, lunatic, 1886, p. 44, 48, 70, case no. 5558
Filed 16 June 1886. Petition to have William H. Hoffman declared insane. Includes an inventory of Hoffman's real and personal property (total $202,181).
Papers at MSA T696-88, 0/35/6/34

vol. 12, 1888-1892
Thomas A. Mellon v. John W. Hoffman, 1890, p. 139, case no. 6421
Filed 27 June 1890.
Recorded in JWS 131, p. 20.

vol. 13, 1892-1895
Lennox Birkhead, executor v. Sarah J. Hoffman, et al., 1893, p. 46, case no. 6891
Probably not paper mill related

Eliza T. Rhodes v. Anna Hoffman, et al., 1893, p. 77, case no. 6977
Filed 5 July 1893.
Recorded in LMB 141, p. 262
Probably not paper mill related