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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peterson v. Ankrom 25 W. Va. 56 1884 1 West Virginia
Peterson v. Blanton 76 Ala. 264 1884 1 Alabama
Peterson v. Breitag 88 Iowa 418 1893 1 Iowa
Peterson v. Brent Banking Co. 514 So. 2d 888 1987 1 Alabama
Peterson v. Brown 17 Nev. 172 1882 1 Nevada
Peterson v. Burn 3 La. Ann. 655 1848 0 Louisiana
Peterson v. Ferrell 127 N.C. 169 1900 1 North Carolina
Peterson v. Haugen 62 S.D. 421 1934 1 South Dakota
Peterson v. Kilgore 58 Tex. 88 1882 1 Texas
Peterson v. Martinez 707 F.3d 1197 2013 1 United States
Peterson v. Matthis 56 N.C. 31 1856 0 North Carolina
Peterson v. McRae 3 La. Ann. 101 1848 1 Louisiana
Peterson v. Oleson 47 Wis. 122 1879 1 Wisconsin
Peterson v. Rabito 164 La. 612 1927 1 Louisiana
Peterson v. Roach 32 Ohio St. 374 1877 1 Ohio
Peterson v. Sentman 37 Md. 140 1872 1 Maryland
Peterson v. State 227 Ala. 361 1933 1 Alabama
Peterson v. State 63 Ala. 113 1879 1 Alabama
Peterson v. United States 19 F. Cas. 379 1807 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Peterson v. Wahlquist 125 Neb. 247 1933 1 Nebraska