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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Norris v. Harris 15 Cal. 226 1860 0 Civil California
Urie v. Johnston 3 Pen. & W. 212 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scott v. Waugh 15 Serg. & Rawle 17 1826 0 Civil SC of PA.
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Civil SC of PA.
Pirate v. Dalby 1 U.S. 167 1786 0 Civil SC of PA.
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Civil SC of PA.
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Civil Michigan
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
The Malaga v. Bispham 16 F.Cas. 535 1849 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Dixon v. Allender 18 Wend. 356 1837 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Smith v. Hoff 1 Cow. 127 1823 0 Civil SC of New York
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Civil SC of PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 Civil SC of New York
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Civil Illinois
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts