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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Hardin v. State 22 Ind. 347 1864 1 Indiana
Whelan v. Reilly 5 W. Va. 356 1872 1 West Virginia
Hagthorp v. Hook's Adm'rs D. B. N. 1 G. & J. 270 1829 0 Maryland
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Civil SC of PA.
McKinne v. Dickenson 24 Fla. 366 1888 1 Florida
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
Henderson v. Hoke 21 N.C. 119 1835 0 North Carolina
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
In re Jones 13 F. Cas. 927 1874 0 United States
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Civil Connecticut
People v. Ashe 44 Cal. 288 1872 1 California
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 New Jersey
Dunn v. Sanders 243 Ga. 684 1979 1 Georgia
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 374 1797 0 Civil New Jersey
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 United States