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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilleland v. Ware 4 Ala. 414 1842 1 Alabama
Cummins v. Webb 4 Ark. 229 1842 0 Arkansas
Lawson v. Main 4 Ark. 184 1842 0 Arkansas
Ex parte Cummins 4 Ark. 103 1842 0 Arkansas
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Alabama
Mulhollan v. Henderson 3 Rob. 297 1842 0 Louisiana
Philbrick v. Holloway 7 Miss. 91 1842 0 Mississippi
Briggs v. Spencer 3 Rob. 265 1842 0 Louisiana
State v. Linton 3 Rob. 55 1842 0 Louisiana
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Louisiana
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Mississippi
Smallwood v. Pratt 3 Rob. 132 1842 0 Louisiana
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Alabama
Tollett v. Jones 3 Rob. 274 1842 0 Louisiana
Succession of Senac 2 Rob. 258 1842 0 Louisiana
Menefee v. Johnson 2 Rob. 274 1842 0 Louisiana
Wheelock v. Cozzens 7 Miss. 279 1842 0 Mississippi
Petit v. Grandmont 2 Rob. 283 1842 0 Louisiana
Jourdain ex rel. Baker v. Boissière 2 Rob. 289 1842 0 Louisiana
Tippett v. Jett 3 Rob. 313 1842 0 Louisiana