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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Morris v. Barnes 35 Mo. 412 1865 1 Missouri
Mountain v. Fisher 22 Wis. 93 1867 1 Wisconsin
In re the Accounting in Kelly's Estate 1 Tuck. Surr. 28 1870 1 New York
Ayres v. Hull 5 Kan. 419 1870 1 Kansas
Sheldon v. Sherman 42 N.Y. 484 1870 1 New York
Smith v. Johnson 45 Iowa 308 1876 1 Iowa
Darling v. Halsey 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 90 1877 1 New York
Woods v. Ayres 39 Mich. 345 1878 1 Michigan
Potter v. Carpenter 76 N.Y. 157 1879 1 New York
Camp v. United States 15 Ct. Cl. 469 1879 1 United States
In re the Estate of Bennett 51 Mich. 71 1883 1 Michigan
Buttrick v. United States Fish Freezing Co. 52 Mich. 172 1883 1 Michigan
McCarthy v. Mayor 96 N.Y. 1 1884 1 New York
Withrow v. Biggerstaff 87 N.C. 176 1882 1 North Carolina
Hughes v. Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co. 21 F. 169 1884 1 United States
Wyley v. Bull 41 Kan. 206 1889 1 Kansas
People v. Myers 48 N.Y. St. Rep. 880 1892 1 New York
Myers v. Dean 132 N.Y. 65 1893 1 New York
Myers v. Dean 11 Misc. 368 1895 1 New York
Myers v. Dean 65 N.Y. St. Rep. 462 1895 1 New York