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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Edelen v. Edelen 11 Md. 415 1857 0 Maryland
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Chew v. Beall 13 Md. 348 1859 0 Maryland
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
State v. Mathews 68 W. Va. 89 1910 1 West Virginia
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
Almond v. Adams 221 La. 234 1952 1 Louisiana
Almond v. Adams 59 So. 2d 132 1952 1 Louisiana
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Callaghan v. Kippers 34 Va. 608 1836 1 Virginia