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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Morrison v. Bennet 17 F. Cas. 836 1838 0 United States
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Alabama
Bostwick v. Gasquet 11 La. 534 1838 0 Louisiana
Noe v. Taylor 11 La. 551 1838 0 Louisiana
Levy v. Levy 11 La. 577 1838 0 Louisiana
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Louisiana
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Fisk v. Hart 11 La. 479 1838 0 Louisiana
Wyman v. Campbell 6 Port. 219 1838 0 Alabama
Cuny v. Robert 12 La. 474 1838 0 Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 12 La. 394 1838 0 Louisiana
Gorton v. Gorton's Executor 12 La. 476 1838 0 Louisiana
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Delaware
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Louisiana
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
Hines v. Spruill 22 N.C. 93 1838 0 North Carolina
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Louisiana
Pearson v. Taylor 20 N.C. 60 1838 0 North Carolina
Caton v. Carter 9 G. & J. 476 1838 0 Maryland