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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Levy v. Levy 40 Barb. 585 1863 0 Civil SC of New York
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Jackson ex dem. Herkimer v. Billinger 18 Johns. 368 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Opinion of Judges Appleton and Kent 46 Me. 579 1861 0 Civil SC of Maine
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Demyer v. Souzer 6 Wend. 436 1831 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Helm v. Miller 17 Johns. 296 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Civil Massachusetts
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Civil Connecticut
Holt v. Bacon 30 Conn. 21 1861 0 Civil Connecticut
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 0 Civil Massachusetts
Jackson ex dem. Loucks v. Churchill 7 Cow. 287 1827 0 Civil SC of New York
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Civil Connecticut
Williamson v. Lewis 39 Pa. 9 1861 0 Civil SC of PA.
Polydore v. Prince 19 F. Cas. 950 1837 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Ex parte Simmons 22 F. Cas. 151 1823 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.