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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gray v. Reardon 2 D.C. 219 1820 0 United States
Tillotson v. Tillotson 34 Conn. 335 1867 0 Civil Connecticut
Nevett v. Berry 18 F. Cas. 27 1837 0 United States
Bowman v. Barron 4 D.C. 450 1834 0 United States
Bank of the United States v. Smith 4 D.C. 712 1836 0 United States
Hines v. Gordon 2 Hay. & Haz. 222 1856 0 District of Columbia
Cawthorne v. Knight 11 Ala. 268 1847 0 Alabama
Smith v. Pearson 24 Ala. 355 1854 0 Alabama
Walker v. Lauderdale 17 Ala. 359 1850 0 Alabama
Kelly v. Cunningham 36 Ala. 78 1860 0 Alabama
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
Billy v. State 11 S.C.L. 356 1820 0 South Carolina
United States v. Ellick 2 D.C. 412 1823 0 United States
Tomlinson v. Darnall 39 Tenn. 538 1859 0 Tennessee
Snodgrass v. Branch Bank at Decatur 25 Ala. 161 1854 0 Alabama
Smith v. Hines 10 Fla. 258 1864 0 Supreme Court of FL
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 North Carolina
Gourjon v. Cucullu 4 La. 115 1832 0 Louisiana
Leonard v. State 229 Ga. 817 1972 0 Georgia
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut