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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nixon v. Robbins 24 Ala. 663 1854 0 Alabama
Henderson v. Warmack 27 Miss. 830 1854 0 Mississippi
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Mississippi
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Alabama
Perry v. Marsh 25 Ala. 659 1854 0 Alabama
Johnston v. Dick 27 Miss. 277 1854 0 Mississippi
Cantzon's Lessee v. Dorr 27 Miss. 245 1854 0 Mississippi
Neill v. Keese 13 Tex. 187 1854 0 Texas
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Mississippi
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Mississippi
Murphy's Administrators v. Crain 12 Tex. 297 1854 0 Texas
Barnett v. Barnett 54 N.C. 221 1854 0 North Carolina
McClees v. Sikes 46 N.C. 310 1854 0 North Carolina
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 United States
McLeod v. Johnson 28 Miss. 374 1854 0 Mississippi
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Texas
M. & B. Mullen & Co. v. Scott 9 La. Ann. 173 1854 0 Louisiana
Campbell v. Smith 54 N.C. 156 1854 0 North Carolina
Thompson v. Bryan 46 N.C. 340 1854 0 North Carolina
Commissioners of Washington v. Frank 46 N.C. 436 1854 0 North Carolina