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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Caldwell v. Wallace 5 Stew. & P. 312 1834 0 Alabama
Murphy's adm'rs v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 5 Ala. 421 1843 0 Alabama
Cunningham's Adm'r v. Rogers 14 Ala. 147 1848 0 Alabama
Coulter v. Cresswell 7 La. Ann. 367 1852 0 Louisiana
Fisher v. Fisher 2 La. Ann. 774 1847 0 Louisiana
Morris v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 259 1847 0 Louisiana
Robert v. De St. Romes 2 La. Ann. 135 1847 0 Louisiana
Baker v. Tabor 7 La. Ann. 556 1852 0 Louisiana
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Louisiana
Taylor v. Stone 16 Va. 314 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Boatright v. Meggs 18 Va. 145 1814 0 SC of Appeals VA
Quarles's Executor v. Quarles 16 Va. 321 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Clay v. Williams 16 Va. 105 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mortimer v. Moffatt 14 Va. 503 1810 0 SC of Chancery VA
Wright v. Wright 14 Va. 452 1809 0 SC of Chancery VA
Nimmo's Executor v. Commonwealth 14 Va. 57 1809 0 SC of Appeals VA
Willis v. Willis 62 Tenn. 183 1873 0 Tennessee
Harvey's Adm'r v. Steptoe's Adm'r 58 Va. 289 1867 0 SC of Appeals VA
Patty v. Colin 11 Va. 519 1807 0 SC of Appeals VA
Worsham v. M'Kenzie 11 Va. 342 1807 0 SC of Appeals VA