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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Slocomb v. Breedlove 8 La. 143 1835 0 Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Jones v. Woods 70 N.C. 447 1874 0 North Carolina
United States v. Carter 4 D.C. 732 1836 0 United States
Brignac v. Boisdore 288 So. 2d 31 1973 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Williams 4 D.C. 343 1833 0 United States
Reingold v. Swiftships Inc. 210 F.3d 320 2000 1 United States
Mandeville v. Cookenderfer 3 D.C. 257 1827 0 United States
Fenwick v. Tooker 4 D.C. 641 1835 0 United States
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 United States
Smith v. Billing 3 D.C. 355 1828 0 United States
Hewlett v. Schenck 82 N.C. 234 1880 1 North Carolina
Whelan v. Corporation of Washington 3 D.C. 292 1828 0 United States
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Grant v. McDonogh 7 La. Ann. 447 1852 0 Louisiana
Hickerson v. United States 30 F. Cas. 1087 1856 0 United States
Gunnel v. Dade 1 D.C. 427 1807 0 United States
Boone's Executor v. Clarke 3 D.C. 389 1828 0 United States
Ross's Executors v. Holtzman 3 D.C. 391 1828 0 United States
Thornberry v. Baxter 24 Ark. 76 1862 0 Arkansas