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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Arcenaux v. His Creditors 6 La. 6 1833 0 Louisiana
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1192 1848 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Lindsay v. King 3 Port. 406 1836 0 Alabama
Magee v. Toland 8 Port. 36 1838 0 Alabama
Broussard v. Bernard 7 La. 211 1834 0 Louisiana
Succession of Steele 7 La. Ann. 111 1852 0 Louisiana
DeWalt v. Snow 25 Tex. 320 1860 0 Texas
Roebuck v. Curry 2 La. Ann. 998 1847 0 Louisiana
Gilbert v. Meriam 2 La. Ann. 160 1847 0 Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 2 La. Ann. 480 1847 0 Louisiana
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Ansley v. Pearson 8 Ala. 431 1845 0 Alabama
Nash v. Milburn 25 Tex. 783 1860 0 Texas
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Fleming v. Slocum 18 Johns. 403 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Grove v. Roberts 6 La. Ann. 210 1851 0 Louisiana
Poythress v. Poythress 16 Ga. 406 1854 0 Supreme Court of georgia