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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 La.
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 Maryland
United States v. Fuentes 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 41836, *13 1994 2 Texas
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
King v. State 580 So. 2d 1182 1991 1 Mississippi
Brodack v. Morsbach 38 Wash. 72 1905 1 Washington
Petticrew v. Greenshields 61 Wash. 614 1911 1 Washington
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
In re Estates of Beisel 110 Cal. 267 1895 1 California
Henning v. Varner 34 Md. 102 1871 0 Maryland
Williams v. Hartford Ins. Co. 54 Cal. 442 1880 1 California
McGuire v. Evans 40 N.C. 269 1848 0 North Carolina
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas