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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Higbie v. Hopkins 12 F. Cas. 126 1805 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Peterson v. United States 19 F. Cas. 379 1807 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Vedder. v. Evertson 3 Paige Ch. 281 1831 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Civil Massachusetts
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
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
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Civil Connecticut
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Civil Massachusetts
Holt v. Bacon 30 Conn. 21 1861 0 Civil Connecticut
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 0 Civil Massachusetts
Goold v. United Insurance Co. 2 Cai. 73 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
Richardson v. Noyes 2 Mass. 56 1806 0 Civil Massachusetts
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Civil SC of New York