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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Higgins v. Allen 3 Md. 504 1796 0 Maryland
Mitchell v. Moore 57 Va. 275 1861 0 SC of Appeals VA
Layne v. Norris' Adm'r 57 Va. 236 1861 0 SC of Appeals VA
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Caleb v. State 39 Miss. 721 1861 0 Mississippi
Hancock v. Titus & Co. 39 Miss. 224 1860 0 Mississippi
Lockhart v. Woods 38 Ala. 631 1863 0 Alabama
Pridgen v. Buchannon 27 Tex. 589 1864 0 Texas
State v. Jefferson 28 N.C. 305 1846 0 North Carolina
Cain & Horn v. Kelly 23 Tenn. 472 1844 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. Hill 23 Tex. 77 1859 0 Texas
United States v. Cross 4 D.C. 603 1835 0 United States
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Jones v. Jones 45 Md. 144 1876 0 Maryland
Lamar v. Williams 39 Miss. 342 1860 0 Mississippi
Hall v. Browder's Administrators 5 Miss. 224 1839 0 Mississippi