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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 SC of PA.
Hobbs v. Fogg 6 Watts 553 1837 0 SC of PA.
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Civil SC of PA.
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Johnson v. Tompkins 13 F. Cas. 840 1833 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Civil SC of PA.
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Robinson 1 Watts 158 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Civil SC of PA.
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Cook 1 Watts 155 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.