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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Merselis v. Mead 7 N.J. Eq. 557 1849 New Jersey
Shepherd v. Newkirk 21 N.J.L. 302 1848 New Jersey
Wheeler v. Campbell 12 Cal. App. 707 1910 California
State v. Beaver 1 N.J.L. 94 1791 New Jersey
Stringfield v. Stringfield 143 Ga. 557 1915 Supreme Court of Georgia
Arizona Public Service Co. v. United States 742 F.2d 644 1984 United States
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Persons 18 Ga. App. 84 1916 Supreme Court Georgia
Overseers of Poor of Perth Amboy v. Overseers of Poor of Piscataway 19 N.J.L. 173 1842 New Jersey
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 New Jersey
Arzee Supply Corp. of Conn. v. Ruberoid Co. 222 F. Supp. 237 1963 SC of PA.
State v. Lyon 1 N.J.L. 462 1789 New Jersey
Executors of Van Houten v. Pennington 8 N.J. Eq. 745 1852 New Jersey
Harris v. Vanderveer's Executor 21 N.J. Eq. 561 1870 New Jersey
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 New Jersey
O'Neill v. General Film Co. 157 N.Y.S. 1028 1916 New York
Chisholm v. Starke 7 Va. 25 1901 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 New Jersey
People v. Hyung Joon Kim 45 Cal. 4th 1078 2009 2 California
United States v. Surtain, No. 11-30525 No. 11-30525, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 6038, at *25-26 (5th Cir. Mar. 26, 2013) 2013 2
United States v. Lafleur 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 38992, *6 1993 2 La.