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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pettus v. Roberts 6 Ala. 811 1844 0 Alabama
Lockhart v. Horn 15 F. Cas. 751 1871 0 United States
Patton v. Hamner 33 Ala. 307 1858 0 Alabama
McGrew v. Hart 1 Port. 175 1834 0 Alabama
Miller v. Jones' Adm'r 29 Ala. 174 1856 0 Alabama
Wolfe v. Parham 18 Ala. 441 1850 0 Alabama
Gaines v. McKinley 1 Ala. 446 1840 0 Alabama
Bethea v. McColl 5 Ala. 308 1843 0 Alabama
Ward v. Reynolds 32 Ala. 384 1858 0 Alabama
Dudley v. Witter 51 Ala. 456 1874 0 Alabama
Stein v. State 37 Ala. 123 1861 0 Alabama
Reid v. Edwards 7 Port. 508 1838 0 Alabama
Kornegay v. White 10 Ala. 255 1846 0 Alabama
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Alabama
Gunn v. Barrow 17 Ala. 743 1850 0 Alabama
Harris v. Maury 30 Ala. 679 1857 0 Alabama
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 North Carolina
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 Maryland
Newsom Administrator v. Thompson 24 N.C. 277 1842 0 North Carolina
Crawford v. Shaver 37 N.C. 238 1842 0 North Carolina