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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Morsell v. Baden 22 Md. 391 1864 0 Maryland
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
Knorr v. Home Insurance 25 Wis. 143 1869 0 Wisconsin
United States ex rel. Garland v. Morris 26 F. Cas. 1318 1854 0 United States
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Cherami v. Cantrelle 174 La. 995 1932 1 Louisiana
Chase v. Plummer 17 Md. 165 1861 0 Maryland
Cherami v. Cantrelle 142 So. 150 1932 1 Louisiana
Keller v. Summers 192 La. 103 1939 1 Louisiana
Keller v. Summers 187 So. 69 1939 1 Louisiana
Scott v. Baber 13 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Newport Ltd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. CIVIL ACTION NO. 86-2319 SECTION 'K', 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18064, at *10-13 (E.D. La. Nov. 21, 1995) 1995 1 breach of contract etc. Louisiana
McNabb v. Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections 727 F.3d 1334 2013 1 United States
Lewis v. Buford 93 Ark. 57 1909 1 Arkansas
Nelson v. Harwood 7 Va. 394 1803 1 Virginia
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Board of Commissioners of Public Schools v. County Commissioners 20 Md. 439 1864 0 Maryland