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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peck v. Glass 7 Miss. 195 1842 0 Mississippi
Foscue v. Foscue 37 N.C. 321 1842 0 North Carolina
Greenlow v. Rawlings 22 Tenn. 90 1842 0 Tennessee
Branch of the Bank of the State at Decatur v. Peirce 3 Ala. 321 1842 0 Alabama
Jordan v. Black 1 Rob. 575 1842 0 Louisiana
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Alabama
Mulhollan v. Henderson 3 Rob. 297 1842 0 Louisiana
Briggs v. Spencer 3 Rob. 265 1842 0 Louisiana
Kemp v. Womack 1 Rob. 369 1842 0 Louisiana
State v. Linton 3 Rob. 55 1842 0 Louisiana
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Louisiana
Smallwood v. Pratt 3 Rob. 132 1842 0 Louisiana
Tollett v. Jones 3 Rob. 274 1842 0 Louisiana
Tippett v. Jett 3 Rob. 313 1842 0 Louisiana
Kohn v. Marsh 3 Rob. 48 1842 0 Louisiana
Hawkins v. Brown 3 Rob. 310 1842 0 Louisiana
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Arkansas
Galpin v. Jessup 3 Rob. 90 1842 0 Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Louisiana
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Louisiana