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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Groves v. Steel 2 La. Ann. 480 1847 0 Louisiana
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Civil SC of New York
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Ansley v. Pearson 8 Ala. 431 1845 0 Alabama
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Louisiana
Dawson v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 212 1851 0 Louisiana
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
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
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois
Kettletas v. Fleet 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 52 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Grove v. Roberts 6 La. Ann. 210 1851 0 Louisiana
Nichols v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 446 1851 0 Louisiana
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.