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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scherer v. Upton 31 Tex. 617 1869 0 Texas
Daingerfield v. May 31 Md. 340 1869 0 Maryland
Helms v. Mynatt 46 Tenn. 215 1869 0 Tennessee
Carpenter v. Miller's Ex'rs 3 W. Va. 174 1869 0 West Virginia
Garlington v. Priest 13 Fla. 559 1869 0 Supreme Court of FL
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Gresham v. Morrow 40 Ga. 487 1869 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
Sandford v. Weeden 49 Tenn. 71 1870 0 Tennessee
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 48 Tenn. 327 1870 0 Tennessee
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Stikes v. Swanson 44 Ala. 633 1870 0 Alabama
Owens v. Grimsley 44 Ala. 359 1870 0 Alabama
Curry v. Davis 44 Ala. 281 1870 0 Alabama
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Mississippi
Wade v. Pope 44 Ala. 690 1870 0 Alabama
Ketchum v. Dew 47 Tenn. 532 1870 0 Tennessee
Roach v. Gunter 44 Ala. 209 1870 0 Alabama
Maxwell v. Hipp 64 N.C. 98 1870 0 North Carolina
West v. Hall 64 N.C. 43 1870 0 North Carolina