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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Mississippi
Overseers of the Poor of Norfolk v. Bank of Va. 43 Va. 544 1846 1 Virginia
Trotter v. Watson 25 Tenn. 509 1846 0 Tennessee
Harrison v. Harrison 9 Ala. 470 1846 0 Alabama
Choice v. Marshall 1 Ga. 97 1846 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Shanklin v. Johnson 9 Ala. 271 1846 0 Alabama
Shaw v. Shaw 25 Tenn. 418 1846 0 Tennessee
Purdom v. Tipton 9 Ala. 914 1846 0 Alabama
State v. Jefferson 28 N.C. 305 1846 0 North Carolina
Farnsworth v. Earnest 26 Tenn. 24 1846 0 Tennessee
Haydel v. Roussel 1 La. Ann. 35 1846 0 Louisiana
Simpson v. Simpson 26 Tenn. 275 1846 0 Tennessee
Runyan v. Caldwell 7 Hum. 134 1846 0 Tennessee
State v. Roland 28 N.C. 241 1846 0 North Carolina
Mitchell v. Cooley 12 La. 636 1846 1 Louisiana
Bonner v. Bonner 26 Tenn. 436 1846 0 Tennessee
Squires v. Old 26 Tenn. 454 1846 0 Tennessee
Shepperson v. Shepperson 43 Va. 501 1846 1 Virginia
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Drumright v. Jones 39 N.C. 253 1846 0 North Carolina