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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Hall v. M'Henry 5 Port. 123 1837 0 Alabama
Brown v. Bonner 35 Va. 1 1837 1 Virginia
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
M'Coy v. Moss 5 Port. 88 1837 0 Alabama
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Fisher v. Bassett 36 Va. 52 1837 1 Virginia
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
United States v. White 5 D.C. 116 1837 1 United States
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee