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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Caesar V. Peabody 11 Johns. 68 1814 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Criminal Wisconsin
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Criminal Illinois
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Civil Illinois
Harrison v. Harrison 5 Va. 419 1799 0 SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Perry 21 Tenn. 569 1841 0 Tennessee
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut
Hagthorp v. Hook's Adm'rs D. B. N. 1 G. & J. 270 1829 0 Maryland
Howell v. Hair 15 Ala. 194 1849 0 Alabama
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Mississippi
Grady v. Corbin 495 U.S. 508 1990 1 United States
Carr v. International Refining & Manufacturing Co. 13 So. 3d 947 2009 1 Alabama
In re Beach 13 B.R. 759 1981 1 United States
Merriweather v. Grandison 904 S.W.2d 485 1995 1 Missouri
Carr v. Int'l Ref. & Mfg. Co. 13 So. 3d 947, 962 n.8 (Ala. 2009), subsequent mandamus proceeding sub nom. Ex Parte Int'l Ref. & Mfg. Co., 153 So. 3d 774 (Ala. 2014) 2009 1 Alabama
Hampton v. State 455 So. 2d 149 1984 1 Alabama
Scaloni v. State 383 So. 2d 586 1980 1 Alabama
United States v. Beebe 807 F. Supp. 2d 1045 2011 1 United States