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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Frazer v. Western 1 How. App. Cas. 448 1848 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Graham v. Graham 1 Serg. & Rawle 330 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
Peterson v. United States 19 F. Cas. 379 1807 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Civil SC of PA.
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 686 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Hartman v. Keystone Insurance 21 Pa. 466 1853 0 Civil SC of PA.
In re Kirk 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 315 1846 0 Civil SC of New York
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
Levy v. Levy 40 Barb. 585 1863 0 Civil SC of New York
Hill v. Low 12 F. Cas. 172 1822 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Vedder. v. Evertson 3 Paige Ch. 281 1831 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Richardson v. Noyes 2 Mass. 56 1806 0 Civil Massachusetts
Floyd v. Recorder of City of New York 11 Wend. 180 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Civil Connecticut
Paxson v. Lefferts 3 Rawle 59 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Opinion of Judges Appleton and Kent 46 Me. 579 1861 0 Civil SC of Maine
Conframp v. Bunel 6 F. Cas. 275 1806 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.