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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
United States v. Andrews 24 F. Cas. 815 1820 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Civil SC, General Term, New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Civil SC of New York
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Criminal SC of PA.
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 12 1841 0 Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Louisiana
Hutchings v. Johnson's Heirs 10 La. 245 1836 0 Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Louisiana
Penny v. Toulouse 11 La. 109 1837 0 Louisiana
Heirs of Dupuy v. Dupont 11 La. Ann. 226 1856 0 Louisiana
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Louisiana
Connor's Widow v. Administrators of Connor 10 La. Ann. 440 1855 0 Louisiana
Voorhies' ex rel. Cappel v. Mulhollan 3 Mart. (n.s.) 70 1824 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Kimball 8 Mart. (n.s.) 351 1829 0 Louisiana
Turnbull v. Cebra 1 Mart. (n.s.) 611 1823 0 Louisiana
State ex rel. Micieses v. Recorder Benit 15 La. Ann. 406 1860 0 Louisiana