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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
O'Neill v. General Film Co. 157 N.Y.S. 1028 1916 New York
Abbate v. United States 359 U.S. 187 1959 1 United States
Thompson v. Thompson 5 W. Va. 190 1872 1 West Virginia
Marks, Rothenberg & Co. v. N. H. & R. L. Bradley 69 Miss. 1 1891 1 Mississippi
Conkling v. Coonrod 6 Ohio St. 611 1856 1 Ohio
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 Civil California
Corley v. Corley 42 Tenn. 520 1865 1 Tennessee
Doolittle v. Lyman 44 N.H. 608 1860 1 New Hampshire
Mortimer v. Moffatt 14 Va. 503 1810 0 SC of Chancery VA
Chairs v. State 124 Tenn. 630 1911 1 Tennessee
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Civil Illinois
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Abernethy v. Wayne County Branch of the State Bank 5 Ohio St. 266 1855 1 Ohio
Hines v. State 93 Ga. 187 1893 1 Georgia
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 1859 0 Tennessee
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois
Holliday v. McKinne 22 Fla. 153 1886 1 Florida
People v. Petrea 64 How. Pr. 139 1882 1 New York