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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holderness v. Palmer 57 N.C. 107 1858 0 North Carolina
Williamson v. Williamson 57 Ky. 329 1857 0 North Carolina
Bennett v. Toler 56 Va. 588 1860 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cooper v. Hepburn 56 Va. 551 1860 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pulliam v. Aler 56 Va. 54 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Claytor v. Anthony 56 Va. 518 1860 0 SC of Appeals VA
Evans v. Pearce 56 Va. 513 1860 0 SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter v. Jeffries 56 Va. 363 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fulton's Ex'ors v. Gracey 56 Va. 314 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Davis v. Christian 56 Va. 11 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Morris 56 Tenn. 814 1872 0 Tennessee
Kindell v. Titus 56 Tenn. 727 1872 0 Tennessee
Logan v. Hartford City & Syracuse Coal Co. 56 Tenn. 689 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Sharp 56 Tenn. 660 1872 0 Tennessee
Merriman v. Norman 56 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Walt 56 Tenn. 242 1872 0 Tennessee
Lyman v. City of Philadelphia 56 Pa. 488 1868 0 SC of PA.
Taylor v. Dawson 56 N.C. 86 1856 0 North Carolina
Collett v. Frazier 56 N.C. 80 1856 0 North Carolina