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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
Bertie v. Walker 1 Rob. 431 1842 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Scott 3 Rob. 258 1842 0 Louisiana
Bookout v. Anderson 3 Rob. 290 1842 0 Louisiana
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Louisiana
Jordan v. Black 1 Rob. 575 1842 0 Louisiana
Tiernan v. Martin 2 Rob. 523 1842 0 Louisiana
Cummins v. Webb 4 Ark. 229 1842 0 Arkansas
Lawson v. Main 4 Ark. 184 1842 0 Arkansas
Ex parte Cummins 4 Ark. 103 1842 0 Arkansas
Jourdain ex rel. Baker v. Boissière 2 Rob. 289 1842 0 Louisiana
Petit v. Grandmont 2 Rob. 283 1842 0 Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Haney 3 Ala. 371 1842 0 Alabama
Philbrick v. Holloway 7 Miss. 91 1842 0 Mississippi
Menefee v. Johnson 2 Rob. 274 1842 0 Louisiana
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Mississippi
Seip v. Hozey 2 Rob. 567 1842 0 Louisiana
Jordan v. Garnett 3 Ala. 610 1842 0 Alabama
de Lalande v. Bormeau 1 Rob. 315 1842 0 Louisiana