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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 1833 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Civil SC of PA.
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Anderson v. Brock 3 Me. 243 1825 1 Civil Maine
Abbott v. Holway 72 Me. 298 1881 1 Civil Maine
Austin v. State 160 Me. 240D 1964 1 Civil Maine
Bernard v. Merrill 91 Me. 358 1898 1 Civil Maine
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Kettletas v. Fleet 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 52 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
Ex parte Jenkins 13 F. Cas. 445 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Urie v. Johnston 3 Pen. & W. 212 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Robinson 1 Watts 158 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scott v. Waugh 15 Serg. & Rawle 17 1826 0 Civil SC of PA.