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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Fullbright 197 N.C. 274 1929 1 North Carolina
State v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 48 Md. 49 1878 1 Maryland
Curry v. Spencer 61 N.H. 624 1882 1 New Hampshire
United States v. Hunnewell 13 F. 617 1882 1 United States
Fawer v. Evans 627 So. 2d 829 1993 1 Mississippi
In re Estate of Lightner 187 Pa. 237 1898 1 Pennsylvania
In re Wolfe 29 Abb. N. Cas. 340 1892 1 New York
Minot v. Winthrop 162 Mass. 113 1894 1 Massachusetts
Hagerty v. State 55 Ohio St. 613 1897 1 Ohio
Drew v. Tifft 79 Minn. 175 1900 1 Minnesota
Commonwealth v. Cain 77 Ky. 525 1879 1 Kentucky
In re Olson 206 Iowa 706 1928 1 Iowa
Willard v. People 5 Ill. 461 1843 1 Illinois
Lindsay v. Williams’ ex’rs 63 Ky. 475 1866 1 Kentucky
Proprietors of the Canal Bridge v. Trustees of the Methodist Religious Society 54 Mass. 335 1847 1 Massachusetts
State v. Shepherd 30 N.C. 195 1847 1 North Carolina
Stillings v. Smith 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 488 1887 1 New York
In re the Judicial Settlement of Cruger 68 N.Y. St. Rep. 241 1895 1 New York
Simpson v. Serviss 3 Ohio C.C. 433 1888 1 Ohio
Fordyce v. Godman 20 Ohio St. 1 1870 1 Ohio