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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scott v. Rusk 2 La. Ann. 266 1847 0 Louisiana
Leach v. Blow 16 Miss. 221 1847 1 Mississippi
Hester v. Young 2 Ga. 31 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Prosser v. Henderson 11 Ala. 484 1847 0 Alabama
Rowdon v. Young 12 Ala. 234 1847 1 Alabama
Hawkins v. May 12 Ala. 673 1847 0 Alabama
Pintard v. Goodloe 19 F. Cas. 695 1847 0 United States
Merrill v. Smith 12 Ala. 569 1847 1 Alabama
Robert v. De St. Romes 2 La. Ann. 135 1847 0 Louisiana
Muirhead v. Muirhead 16 Miss. 211 1847 1 Mississippi
Dupuy v. Hunt 2 La. Ann. 562 1847 0 Louisiana
Nelson v. State 26 Tenn. 542 1847 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Wheaton v. Wilmarth 54 Mass. 422 1847 1 Massachusetts
Soileau v. Rougeau 2 La. Ann. 766 1847 0 Louisiana
Webb v. Kemp 2 La. Ann. 370 1847 0 Louisiana
Thomas v. McNeil 2 La. Ann. 795 1847 1 Louisiana
Whitaker v. Robinson 16 Miss. 349 1847 0 Mississippi
Hooben v. Bidwell 16 Ohio 509 1847 1 Ohio
Coon v. Rice 29 N.C. 217 1847 0 North Carolina