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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burch v. Scott 1 G. & J. 393 1829 0 Maryland
Waters v. Duvall 11 G. & J. 37 1839 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 5 Md. 287 1853 0 Maryland
Saunders v. Simpson 2 H. & J. 81 1806 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Perry 21 Tenn. 569 1841 0 Tennessee
Chaplin v. Cruikshanks 2 H. & J. 247 1806 0 Maryland
Allender v. Riston 2 G. & J. 86 1829 0 Maryland
Hall v. State 12 G. & J. 329 1842 0 Maryland
Crutcher v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 38 Ala. 579 1863 0 Alabama
Cook v. Dyer 3 Ala. 643 1842 0 Alabama
Middleton v. Holmes 3 Port. 424 1836 0 Alabama
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Louisiana
King v. Talbert 36 Miss. 367 1858 0 Mississippi
Russ v. Wingate 30 Miss. 440 1855 0 Mississippi
Cook v. Baine 37 Ala. 350 1861 0 Alabama
Garrison v. Brice 48 N.C. 85 1855 0 North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 40 N.C. 258 1848 0 North Carolina
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 North Carolina
Roberts v. Sacra 38 Tex. 580 1873 0 Texas
White v. Burney 27 Tex. 50 1863 0 Texas