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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Edrington v. Mayfield 5 Tex. 363 1849 0 Texas
Wofford v. Thompson 8 Tex. 222 1852 0 Texas
Luckett v. Townsend 3 Tex. 119 1848 0 Texas
Tinnen v. Mebane 10 Tex. 246 1853 0 Texas
Lawson v. Barre 6 Tex. 217 1851 0 Texas
O'Brien v. Hilburn 9 Tex. 297 1852 0 Texas
Thomas v. Young 5 Tex. 253 1849 0 Texas
Orr v. Ingle 18 F. Cas. 833 1819 0 United States
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1015 1851 0 United States
United States v. Nathan 4 D.C. 470 1834 0 United States
Reeler v. Robinson 2 D.C. 220 1820 0 United States
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 United States
United States v. Scott 27 F. Cas. 990 1851 0 United States
Emanuel v. Ball 2 D.C. 101 1814 0 United States
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 United States
Young v. Palmer 2 D.C. 625 1825 0 United States
United States v. Birch 3 D.C. 180 1827 0 United States
Fosbick v. Norwich Marine Insurance Co. 3 Day 108 1808 0 United States
Graham v. Alexander 5 D.C. 663 1840 0 United States
United States v. Summers 4 D.C. 334 1833 0 United States