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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Van Ness 79 Cal. 84 1889 1 California
Deans v. Wilcoxon 25 Fla. 980 1889 1 Florida
Lilliendahl v. Stegmair 45 N.J. Eq. 648 1889 1 New Jersey
Kelly v. State 82 Ga. 441 1889 1 Georgia
Bradstreet v. Bradstreet 18 D.C. 229 1889 1 District of Columbia
Ashbey v. Ashbey 41 La. Ann. 138 1889 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Fleming 18 D.C. 139 1889 1 District of Columbia
Hegeler v. First National Bank of Peru 129 Ill. 157 1889 1 Illinois
Merryman v. The William Crane 50 F. 444 1889 1 United States
Claflin v. Dunne 129 Ill. 241 1889 1 Illinois
Kirtz v. Peck 113 N.Y. 222 1889 1 New York
Musgrave v. Buckley 114 N.Y. 506 1889 1 New York
Watson v. Young 30 S.C. 144 1889 1 South Carolina
State v. Kirkman 104 N.C. 911 1889 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad 83 Ga. 671 1889 1 Georgia
Taft v. Taft 73 Mich. 502 1889 1 Michigan
Anderson v. Anderson 112 N.Y. 104 1889 1 New York
Eddy v. Davis 26 N.Y. St. Rep. 701 1889 1 New York
State v. Parish 104 N.C. 679 1889 1 North Carolina
State v. Boyle 104 N.C. 800 1889 1 North Carolina