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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davenport Gas Light & Coke Co. v. City of Davenport 13 Iowa 229 1862 1 Iowa
O’Connell v. State 6 Minn. 279 1861 1 Minnesota
State v. Woodruff 83 Miss. 111 1903 1 Mississippi
State v. Powell 106 N.C. 635 1890 1 North Carolina
State v. Peak 130 N.C. 711 1902 1 North Carolina
State v. Marsh 132 N.C. 1000 1903 1 North Carolina
In re the Metropolitan Transit Co. 111 N.Y. 588 1889 1 New York
Deering v. Metcalf 74 N.Y. 501 1878 1 New York
Bush v. Martin 224 F. Supp. 499 1963 1 United States
Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation 483 U.S. 468 1987 1 United States
McNutt ex rel. Leggett v. Bland 43 U.S. 9 1844 1 United States
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 North Carolina
Muller v. Davis-Wood Lumber Co. 2 La. App. 359 1925 1 Louisiana
US v. Hanway 9 West.L.J. 103 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Clapp v. Walters 2 Tex. 130 1847 0 Texas
Smith v. Edwards 2 H. & G. 411 1828 0 Maryland
Carr v. Wellborn 1 Dallam 624 1843 0 Texas
Pierce v. Cole 17 Tex. 259 1856 0 Texas
Louise v. Marot 8 La. 475 1835 0 Louisiana
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina