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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mercer v. Byrd 57 N.C. 358 1859 0 North Carolina
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 General Ct of VA
Mercer v. Hall 2 Tex. 284 1847 0 Texas
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Stark 1 Miss. 451 1831 0 Mississippi
Merchants' Bank v. Davis 3 Ga. 112 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Mercier v. Canonge 12 La. 385 1846 0 Louisiana
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Merideth v. Johns 11 Va. 585 1807 0 SC of Appeals VA
Merle v. Andrews 4 Tex. 100 1849 0 Texas
Merrick v. Bradley 19 Md. 50 1862 0 Maryland
Merrill v. Dawson 17 F. Cas. 86 1846 0 United States
Merrill v. Jones 2 Ala. 192 1841 0 Alabama
Merrill v. Melchior 30 Miss. 516 1855 0 Mississippi
Merrill v. Moore's Heirs 8 Miss. 271 1843 0 Mississippi
Merrill v. Rhodes 37 Ala. 449 1861 0 Alabama
Merriman v. Norman 56 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Merrit's Executors v. Merritt 1 N.C. 18 1789 0 North Carolina
Merritt v. Burgess 7 La. 434 1844 0 Louisiana
Merritt v. Merle 22 La. Ann. 257 1870 0 Louisiana