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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Merriwether v. Dixon 28 Tex. 15 1866 1 Texas
Merriweather v. Grandison 904 S.W.2d 485 1995 1 Missouri
Merrit v. Warmouth 2 N.C. 16 1791 0 North Carolina
Merrit v. Smith 33 Va. 486 1835 0 SC of Appeals VA
Merritt v. Windley 14 N.C. 399 1832 0 North Carolina
Merritt v. State 152 Ga. 405 1921 1 Georgia
Merritt v. State 59 Ala. 46 1877 1 Alabama
Merritt v. Scott 81 N.C. 385 1879 1 North Carolina
Merritt v. Scott 6 Ga. 563 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Merritt v. Phenix 48 Ala. 87 1872 1 Alabama
Merritt v. Ona 44 F. 369 1890 1 United States
Merritt v. Merritt 66 Ga. 324 1881 1 Georgia
Merritt v. Merritt 40 Nev. 385 1917 1 Nevada
Merritt v. Merle 22 La. Ann. 257 1870 0 Louisiana
Merritt v. Matchett 135 Mo. App. 176 1909 1 Missouri
Merritt v. Hughes 36 W. Va. 356 1892 1 West Virginia
Merritt v. Flemming 42 Ala. 234 1868 1 Alabama
Merritt v. Ehrman 116 Ala. 278 1896 1 Alabama
Merritt v. Duncan 54 Tenn. 156 1872 1 Tennessee
Merritt v. Disney 48 Md. 344 1878 1 Maryland