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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Civil SC of PA.
Dixon v. Allender 18 Wend. 356 1837 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Sable v. Hitchcock 2 Johns. Cas. 79 1800 0 Civil SC 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
Urie v. Johnston 3 Pen. & W. 212 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Civil Illinois
Austin v. State 160 Me. 240D 1964 1 Civil Maine
Bernard v. Merrill 91 Me. 358 1898 1 Civil Maine
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Robinson 1 Watts 158 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Fleming v. Slocum 18 Johns. 403 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois