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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Civil Massachusetts
Jackson ex dem. Loucks v. Churchill 7 Cow. 287 1827 0 Civil SC of New York
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts
Holt v. Bacon 30 Conn. 21 1861 0 Civil Connecticut
Levy v. Levy 40 Barb. 585 1863 0 Civil SC of New York
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Opinion of Judges Appleton and Kent 46 Me. 579 1861 0 Civil SC of Maine
Oliver v. Kauffman 18 F. Cas. 657 1850 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
In re Charge to Grand Jury - Treason 5 Pa. L.J. 55 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
United States v. Buck 24 F. Cas. 1289 1860 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Criminal Connecticut
United States v. Darnaud 25 F. Cas. 754 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
U.S. v. Morris 26 F.Cas. 1323 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Crandall v. State 10 Conn. 339 1834 0 Criminal Connecticut
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Maine
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Criminal Illinois
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Criminal SC of PA.
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York