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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jennings v. Dennis 14 Miss. 379 1846 0 Mississippi
Pass v. Dykes 16 Miss. 92 1846 0 Mississippi
Benoit v. Brill 15 Miss. 32 1846 0 Mississippi
Gaines v. Smiley 15 Miss. 53 1846 0 Mississippi
James v. Dowell 15 Miss. 333 1846 0 Mississippi
Falconer v. Holland 13 Miss. 689 1846 0 Mississippi
Ingram v. War 13 Miss. 746 1846 0 Mississippi
Ross v. Wilson 15 Miss. 753 1846 0 Mississippi
Hester v. Hooker 15 Miss. 768 1846 0 Mississippi
Carroll v. Renich 15 Miss. 798 1846 0 Mississippi
Ruff v. Starke's Adm'x 44 Va. 134 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
State Bank v. Williams 6 Ark. 156 1845 0 Arkansas
Smith v. Berwick 12 La. 20 1845 0 Louisiana
Mason v. Watts 7 Ala. 703 1845 0 Alabama
Wheeler v. Wheeler 39 N.C. 210 1845 0 North Carolina
Tarver v. Roffe 7 Ala. 873 1845 0 Alabama
McFarlane v. Richardson 11 Rob. 13 1845 0 Louisiana
Reuben v. Parrish 25 Tenn. 122 1845 0 Tennessee
Harper v. Archer 12 Miss. 99 1845 0 Mississippi
Vanleer v. Fain 25 Tenn. 104 1845 0 Tennessee