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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Phinney v. Phinney 17 How. Pr. 197 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Civil SC of New York
Gilpin v. Vincent 9 Johns. 219 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Civil Connecticut
Caesar V. Peabody 11 Johns. 68 1814 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Mickel 14 Johns. 324 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Civil SC of New York
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Civil SC of New York
Giles v. Bradley 2 Johns. Cas. 253 1801 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Martin 16 F. Cas. 881 1869 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Mulheran's Executors v. Gillespie 12 Wend. 349 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Anderson v. Brock 3 Me. 243 1825 1 Civil Maine
Abbott v. Holway 72 Me. 298 1881 1 Civil Maine
Bartels v. Harris 4 Me. 146 1826 1 Civil Maine
United States v. Ole Hougen 2023 1 Civil
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Austin v. State 160 Me. 240D 1964 1 Civil Maine