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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pethtel v. McCullough 49 W. Va. 520 1901 1 West Virginia
Harper v. Harper 49 W. Va. 661 1901 1 West Virginia
Roraback v. Stebbins 4 Abb. Ct. App. 100 1866 1 New York
Smart v. Bement 4 Abb. Ct. App. 253 1866 1 New York
Walton v. Walton 4 Abb. Ct. App. 512 1864 1 New York
Ring v. Steele 4 Abb. Ct. App. 68 1867 1 New York
De Bussierre v. Holladay 4 Abb. N. Cas. 111 1877 1 New York
Russell v. Weinberg 4 Abb. N. Cas. 139 1878 1 New York
Betts v. Betts 4 Abb. N. Cas. 317 1878 1 New York
Moore v. Rector of St. Thomas' 4 Abb. N. Cas. 51 1873 1 New York
Harris v. American Bible Society 4 Abb. Pr. 421 1867 1 New York
Foster v. Van Wyck 4 Abb. Pr. 469 1867 1 New York
Northern Railway Co. of France v. Carpentier 4 Abb. Pr. 47 1856 1 New York
People v. Bennett 4 Abb. Pr. 89 1867 1 New York
Watkins v. Gayle 4 Ala. 153 1842 1 Alabama
Cullum v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 4 Ala. 21 1842 1 Alabama
Croft v. Topp 4 Ala. 238 1842 1 Alabama
Gilleland v. Ware 4 Ala. 414 1842 1 Alabama
Elliott v. Mayfield 4 Ala. 417 1842 1 Alabama
Foster v. Goree 4 Ala. 440 1842 1 Alabama