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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Starr v. Starr 2 Root 303 1795 0 Civil Connecticut
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Connecticut
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Civil Connecticut
Inhabitants of Griswold v. Inhabitants of North-Stonington 5 Conn. 367 1824 0 Connecticut
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Criminal Connecticut
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Civil Connecticut
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Civil Connecticut
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Civil Connecticut
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Tillotson v. Tillotson 34 Conn. 335 1867 0 Civil Connecticut
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Connecticut
Jackson ex dem. Varick v. Waldron 13 Wend. 178 1834 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Dickey v. United Insurance 11 Johns. 358 1814 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Court of Appeals of New York