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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lawson v. Barre 6 Tex. 217 1851 0 Texas
Lawson v. Alabama Warehouse Co. 73 Ala. 289 1882 1 Alabama
Lawson v. Alabama Warehouse Co. 80 Ala. 341 1885 1 Alabama
Lawson v. Abney 7 S.W.2d 109 1928 1 Texas
Lawson's Adm'r v. Lay's Executor 24 Ala. 184 1854 0 Alabama
Law's ex'ors v. Sutherland 46 Va. 357 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lawrie v. Miller 45 S.W.2d 172 1932 1 Texas
Lawrence v. Woods 17 N.Y. Super. Ct. 354 1859 1 New York
Lawrence v. Williams 179 Ala. 596 1913 1 Alabama
Lawrence v. Vick 29 Tenn. 285 1849 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York
Lawrence v. Swann 19 Va. 332 1817 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lawrence v. Steel 66 N.C. 584 1872 1 North Carolina
Lawrence v. State 341 So. 2d 188 1977 1 Alabama
Lawrence v. Smith 163 Ill. 149 1896 1 Illinois
Lawrence v. Senter 36 Tenn. 52 1856 1 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Philpot 27 Ga. 585 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lawrence v. Oglesby 178 Ill. 122 1899 1 Illinois
Lawrence v. Mitchell 48 N.C. 190 1855 0 North Carolina
Lawrence v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co. 126 N.Y. 483 1891 1 New York