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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Smith v. Griffin Jeff. 132 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Custis v. Fitzhugh Jeff. 72 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Isbell v. Butler Jeff. 10 1735 0 General Ct. of VA
Cox v. Britt 22 Ark. 567 1861 0 Arkansas
Harrison & Robinson v. Johnston 27 Ala. 445 1855 0 Alabama
State v. Stimpson 45 Me. 608 1858 0 SC of Maine
The Etna 8 F. Cas. 803 1838 0 District Court, D. Maine
Inhabitants of Hallowell v. Inhabitants of Gardiner 1 Me. 93 1820 0 SC of Maine
Selectmen of Windsor v. Jacob 2 Tyl. 192 1802 0 SC of Vermont
Butler’s Adm’r v. Hughes 35 Ga. 200 1866 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lyman v. City of Philadelphia 56 Pa. 488 1868 0 SC of PA.
Golding v. Golding's Adm'r 24 Ala. 122 1854 0 Alabama
Boaler v. Cummines 3 F. Cas. 776 1853 0 District Court, E.D. PA.
Foremans v. Tamm 1 Grant 23 1853 0 SC of PA.
Holmes v. Johnson 42 Pa. 159 1862 0 SC of PA.
Arzee Supply Corp. of Conn. v. Ruberoid Co. 222 F. Supp. 237 1963 SC of PA.
Gasper v. Donaldson 1 Whart. 227 1836 0 SC of PA.
Overseers v. Baker's Executors 2 Watts 280 1834 0 SC of PA.
Robards v. Cooper 16 Ark. 288 1855 0 Arkansas
Holtzapple v. Phillibaum 12 F. Cas. 430 1823 0 Circuit Court, E.D. PA.