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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Defferari v. Terry 99 S.W.2d 290 1936 1 Texas
State v. Pringle 147 Wash. 555 1928 1 Washington
Orena v. United States 956 F. Supp. 1071 1997 1 United States
State v. Hull 45 W. Va. 767 1899 1 West Virginia
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Bisso 179 La. 56 1934 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Arnold 81 So. 2d 181 1955 1 Louisiana
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Calwell v. Prindle's Adm'r 11 W. Va. 307 1877 1 West Virginia
Cline v. Jones 111 Ill. 563 1884 1 Illinois
Murdock Parlor Grate Co. v. Commonwealth 152 Mass. 28 1890 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Gay 153 Mass. 211 1891 1 Massachusetts
Fonseca v. Cunard Steamship Co. 153 Mass. 553 1891 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. McCarty 165 Mass. 37 1895 1 Massachusetts
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
State v. Hoag 232 Mo. 308 1911 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Spriggs v. Robinson 253 Mo. 271 1913 1 Missouri
In re the Estate of Erlanger 145 Misc. 1 1932 1 New York
In re the Estate of Osborn 150 Misc. 169 1934 1 New York
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky