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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weight v. Henderson 12 Tex. 43 1854 0 Texas
Carter v. Carter 28 Miss. 326 1854 0 Mississippi
Succession of Boone 9 La. Ann. 258 1854 0 Louisiana
Lusk v. Swon 9 La. Ann. 367 1854 0 Louisiana
Berry v. Bacon 28 Miss. 318 1854 0 Mississippi
Hill v. McLaurin 28 Miss. 288 1854 0 Mississippi
Jayne v. Dillon 28 Miss. 283 1854 0 Mississippi
Mealing v. Pace 14 Ga. 596 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Anderson v. Duke 28 Miss. 87 1854 0 Mississippi
John Henderson & Co. v. Clarke 27 Miss. 436 1854 0 Mississippi
Downey v. Barnett 27 Miss. 409 1854 0 Mississippi
President of the Bank of Louisiana v. Ford 9 La. Ann. 299 1854 0 Louisiana
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Mississippi
Grayson v. Wilson 27 Miss. 553 1854 0 Mississippi
Hairston v. Hairston 27 Miss. 704 1854 0 Mississippi
Johnson v. McDaniel 15 Ark. 109 1854 0 Arkansas
Tatum v. Hines 15 Ark. 180 1854 0 Arkansas
Dowty v. Templeton 9 La. Ann. 549 1854 0 Louisiana
Hurdle v. Outlaw 55 N.C. 75 1854 0 North Carolina
Tarkington v. McRea 47 N.C. 47 1854 0 North Carolina