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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Inhabitants of Gardiner v. Inhabitants of Farmingdale 45 Me. 537 1858 0 SC of Maine
Smyley v. Reese 53 Ala. 89 1875 0 Alabama
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 United States
Brown v. Johnson 20 La. 486 1868 0 Louisiana
Board of Levee Commissioners v. Harris 20 La. 201 1868 0 Louisiana
Shirk's Case 3 Grant 460 1863 0 SC of PA.
Camfranque v. Burnell 4 F. Cas. 1130 1806 0 Circuit Court, D. PA.
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 SC of PA.
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 SC of PA.
Hobbs v. Fogg 6 Watts 553 1837 0 SC of PA.
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Civil Connecticut
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 SC of Appeals VA
Early v. Early 21 Va. 124 1820 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ronald v. Barkley 20 F. Cas. 1148 1818 0 Cir Ct, D of VA
Thomas v. Soper 19 Va. 28 1816 0 SC of Appeals VA
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Hopkirk v. McConico 12 F. Cas. 501 1812 0 Cir Ct, D of VA
Coutts v. Greenhow 16 Va. 363 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Caldwell v. May 1 Stew. 425 1828 0 Alabama
Reese v. Harris 27 Ala. 301 1855 0 Alabama