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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lee v. Bryan 3 Ala. 278 1842 0 Alabama
Williams v. Brummel 4 Ark. 129 1842 0 Arkansas
Sumner v. Gray 4 Ark. 467 1842 0 Arkansas
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Delaware
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
Williams v. Haney 3 Ala. 371 1842 0 Alabama
Jordan v. Garnett 3 Ala. 610 1842 0 Alabama
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Arkansas
Foster v. Alston 7 Miss. 406 1842 0 Mississippi
Wheelock v. Cozzens 7 Miss. 279 1842 0 Mississippi
Branch of the Bank of the State at Decatur v. Peirce 3 Ala. 321 1842 0 Alabama
Succession of Senac 2 Rob. 258 1842 0 Louisiana
Philbrick v. Holloway 7 Miss. 91 1842 0 Mississippi
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Mississippi
Lee v. Hamilton 3 Ala. 529 1842 0 Alabama
Lawson v. Main 4 Ark. 184 1842 0 Arkansas
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Alabama
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Alabama
Canaday v. Nuttall 37 N.C. 265 1842 0 North Carolina
Stephens v. Doak 37 N.C. 348 1842 0 North Carolina