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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
West v. Hall 64 N.C. 43 1870 0 North Carolina
McGehee v. Jones 41 Ga. 123 1870 1 Georgia
Rives v. Lawrence 41 Ga. 283 1870 1 Georgia
McBee v. McBee 48 Tenn. 558 1870 0 Tennessee
Leftwich v. Commonwealth 61 Va. 716 1870 1 Virginia
Chrysler v. Renois 43 N.Y. 209 1870 1 New York
De Godey v. Godey 39 Cal. 157 1870 1 California
Stikes v. Swanson 44 Ala. 633 1870 0 Alabama
Hodnett v. Smith 32 N.Y. Super. Ct. 401 1870 1 New York
Snell v. Elam 49 Tenn. 82 1870 0 Tennessee
Ashley v. Sholars 22 La. Ann. 442 1870 1 Louisiana
Mitchell v. Bass 33 Tex. 259 1870 1 Texas
Phipps v. Caldwell 48 Tenn. 349 1870 0 Tennessee
Talley v. Courtney 48 Tenn. 715 1870 0 Tennessee
Palmer v. Malone 48 Tenn. 549 1870 0 Tennessee
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 48 Tenn. 327 1870 0 Tennessee
McElvain v. Mudd 44 Ala. 48 1870 0 Alabama
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 United States
Barrow v. Heirs of Bird 22 La. Ann. 407 1870 0 Louisiana
Allen v. Tarlton 22 La. Ann. 427 1870 0 Louisiana