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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Civil SC of New York
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
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
Thomas v. Junction City Irrigation Co. 80 Tex. 550 1891 1 Texas
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Ansley v. Pearson 8 Ala. 431 1845 0 Alabama
Succession of Mulledy 47 La. Ann. 1580 1895 1 Louisiana
Anderson v. Brock 3 Me. 243 1825 1 Civil Maine
Abbott v. Holway 72 Me. 298 1881 1 Civil Maine
Bartels v. Harris 4 Me. 146 1826 1 Civil Maine
United States v. Ole Hougen 2023 1 Civil
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Louisiana
Austin v. State 160 Me. 240D 1964 1 Civil Maine
Bernard v. Merrill 91 Me. 358 1898 1 Civil Maine
Dawson v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 212 1851 0 Louisiana
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York