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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Underwood v. Parrott 2 Tex. 168 1847 0 Texas
Sullivan v. Williams 2 La. Ann. 876 1847 0 Louisiana
Lang v. Pettus 11 Ala. 37 1847 0 Alabama
Florance v. Yorke 2 La. Ann. 995 1847 0 Louisiana
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 General Ct. of VA
Isbell's adm'r v. Norvell's ex'or 45 Va. 176 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Beverley v. Brooke 45 Va. 187 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Beale 45 Va. 93 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Charlton v. Unis 45 Va. 58 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cunningham v. Cunningham 45 Va. 43 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Purcell v. Wilson 45 Va. 16 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Talbert v. Melton 17 Miss. 9 1847 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Jones & Jones 8 Ark. 109 1847 0 Arkansas
Bank of the State v. Byrd 8 Ark. 152 1847 0 Arkansas
Tucker v. Tucker 40 N.C. 82 1847 0 North Carolina
State v. Burris 4 Del. 582 1847 0 Delaware
Russell v. Cheatham 16 Miss. 703 1847 0 Mississippi
Gayden v. Marshall 16 Miss. 489 1847 0 Mississippi
Jackson v. Culpepper 93 Ga 569 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia