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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Downing v. Johnson 45 Tenn. 229 1867 0 Tennessee
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Louisiana
Downey v. Smith 17 N.C. 535 1834 0 North Carolina
Downey v. Bullock 42 N.C. 102 1850 0 North Carolina
Downey v. Barnett 27 Miss. 409 1854 0 Mississippi
Dowling v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 280 1872 0 Mississippi
Dowell v. Russell 39 Tex. 400 1873 0 Texas
Dowell v. Boyd 11 Miss. 592 1844 0 Mississippi
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Dowdy v. McLellan 52 Ga. 408 1874 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Dowd v. White 34 Miss. 510 1857 0 Mississippi
Dowd v. Montgomery 5 N.C. 100 1815 0 North Carolina
Douthitt v. Hudson 4 Ala. 110 1842 0 Alabama
Douthitt's Administrator v. Douthitt 1 Ala. 594 1840 0 Alabama
Douthett v. Bodenhamer 57 N.C. 444 1859 0 North Carolina
Douglas v. Morford 16 Tenn. 373 1835 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. McChesney 23 Va. 109 1823 0 SC of Appeals VA
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. Curtis 5 Mart. (n.s.) 112 1826 0 Louisiana
Douglass v. Cross 46 Tenn. 416 1869 0 Tennessee