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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Danks v. Quackenbush 1 How. App. Cas. 325 1848 1 New York
Planters' Bank v. Sharp 47 U.S. 301 1848 1 United States
Brown v. Poindexter 18 Miss. 596 1848 1 Mississippi
Gwin v. Wright 27 Tenn. 639 1848 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Herring 18 Miss. 518 1848 1 Mississippi
O'Brien v. Liddell 18 Miss. 371 1848 1 Mississippi
State v. Jones 3 La. Ann. 9 1848 1 Louisiana
Dickson v. Miller 19 Miss. 594 1848 1 Mississippi
Bohannan v. Chapman 13 Ala. 641 1848 0 Alabama
Peterson v. McRae 3 La. Ann. 101 1848 1 Louisiana
Hunley v. Hunley 15 Ala. 91 1848 0 Alabama
Dement v. Adm'rs of Boggess 13 Ala. 140 1848 0 Alabama
Patterson v. Gaines 47 U.S. 550 1848 1 United States
Savery v. Spence 13 Ala. 561 1848 0 Alabama
Bibb v. Union Bank 3 La. Ann. 334 1848 0 Louisiana
Adams v. Lear 3 La. Ann. 144 1848 0 Louisiana
N. & H. Weed & Co. v. Brown 13 Ala. 449 1848 1 Alabama
Kelly v. Governor 14 Ala. 541 1848 1 Alabama
Burt v. Cassety 12 Ala. 734 1848 1 Alabama
Casly v. Gilder 13 Ala. 322 1848 1 Alabama