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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McWhorter v. Lewis 4 Ala. 198 1842 0 Alabama
McRae v. Pegues 4 Ala. 158 1842 0 Alabama
Watkins v. Gayle 4 Ala. 153 1842 1 Alabama
Taylor v. Reese 4 Ala. 121 1842 0 Alabama
Douthitt v. Hudson 4 Ala. 110 1842 0 Alabama
People v. Bennett 4 Abb. Pr. 89 1867 1 New York
Northern Railway Co. of France v. Carpentier 4 Abb. Pr. 47 1856 1 New York
Foster v. Van Wyck 4 Abb. Pr. 469 1867 1 New York
Harris v. American Bible Society 4 Abb. Pr. 421 1867 1 New York
Moore v. Rector of St. Thomas' 4 Abb. N. Cas. 51 1873 1 New York
Betts v. Betts 4 Abb. N. Cas. 317 1878 1 New York
Russell v. Weinberg 4 Abb. N. Cas. 139 1878 1 New York
De Bussierre v. Holladay 4 Abb. N. Cas. 111 1877 1 New York
Ring v. Steele 4 Abb. Ct. App. 68 1867 1 New York
Walton v. Walton 4 Abb. Ct. App. 512 1864 1 New York
Smart v. Bement 4 Abb. Ct. App. 253 1866 1 New York
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Roraback v. Stebbins 4 Abb. Ct. App. 100 1866 1 New York
Harper v. Harper 49 W. Va. 661 1901 1 West Virginia
Pethtel v. McCullough 49 W. Va. 520 1901 1 West Virginia