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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bates v. Gordon 7 Va. 555 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Barrett v. Floyd 7 Va. 531 1790 1 Virginia
Watkins's Exr's v. Tate 7 Va. 521 1790 1 Virginia
Lomax v. Pendleton 7 Va. 538 1790 1 Virginia
Syme v. Johnston 7 Va. 558 1790 1 Virginia
Ross v. Pynes 7 Va. 568 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hearne v. Roane 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 90 1790 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Hughes v. Clayton 7 Va. 554 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ross v. Pynes 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 1 Virginia
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Grymes v. Pendleton 8 Va. 130 1788 1 Virginia
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Pickett v. Claiborne 8 Va. 99 1787 1 Virginia
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 General Ct. of VA
Taylor v. Wallace 8 Va. 92 1786 0 SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Taliaferro 8 Va. 93 1786 0 SC of Appeals VA
Foushee v. Lea 8 Va. 279 1785 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Fowler 8 Va. 35 1785 1 Virginia
Smith v. Griffin Jeff. 132 1772 0 General Ct. of VA