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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut
Clinton v. Estes 20 Ark. 216 1859 0 Arkansas
Robertson v. Beavers 3 Port. 385 1836 0 Alabama
Tillotson v. Tillotson 34 Conn. 335 1867 0 Civil Connecticut
Harris v. Mauldin 13 Ala. 674 1848 0 Alabama
Nevett v. Berry 18 F. Cas. 27 1837 0 United States
Sarah v. Taylor 2 D.C. 155 1818 0 United States
Hobbs v. Magruder 4 D.C. 429 1834 0 United States
Hill v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 114 1837 0 United States
Bowman v. Barron 4 D.C. 450 1834 0 United States
Bank of the United States v. Smith 4 D.C. 712 1836 0 United States
Voss v. Howard 1 D.C. 251 1805 0 United States
Brooks v. Hildreth 22 Ala. 469 1853 0 Alabama
Stevenson v. Reaves 24 Ala. 425 1854 0 Alabama
Cecil v. Cecil 19 Md. 72 1862 0 Maryland
State v. Tindal 2 Del. Cas. 169 1802 0 Delaware
Howell v. Howell 19 Ark. 339 1858 0 Arkansas
Biscoe v. Sandefur 14 Ark. 568 1854 0 Arkansas
Hines v. Gordon 2 Hay. & Haz. 222 1856 0 District of Columbia
Cawthorne v. Knight 11 Ala. 268 1847 0 Alabama