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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
United States v. Ole Hougen 2023 1 Civil
Austin v. State 160 Me. 240D 1964 1 Civil Maine
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Vance 15 Serg. & Rawle 36 1826 0 Civil SC of PA.
Helm v. Miller 17 Johns. 296 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Wright v. Deacon 5 Serg. & Rawle 62 1819 0 Civil SC of PA.
Beltzhoover v. Costen 7 Pa. 13 1847 0 Civil SC of PA.
Jackson ex dem. Herkimer v. Billinger 18 Johns. 368 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Jackson ex dem. Loucks v. Churchill 7 Cow. 287 1827 0 Civil SC of New York
Tillotson v. Tillotson 34 Conn. 335 1867 0 Civil Connecticut
Cobean v. Thompson 1 Pen. & W. 93 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Gibbs v. Mennard 6 Paige Ch. 258 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York