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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Keating v. Spink 3 Ohio St. 105 1854 1 Ohio
Barnett v. Barnett 54 N.C. 221 1854 0 North Carolina
McClees v. Sikes 46 N.C. 310 1854 0 North Carolina
Coolidge v. Alcock 30 N.H. 329 1854 1 New Hampshire
Scott v. Key 9 La. Ann. 213 1854 0 Louisiana
Dufief v. Boykin 9 La. Ann. 295 1854 0 Louisiana
Starr v. State 25 Ala. 38 1854 1 Alabama
Turner v. Morris 27 Miss. 733 1854 1 Mississippi
Williams v. New-York Central Railroad 18 Barb. 222 1854 1 New York
Pridgen v. Hill 12 Tex. 374 1854 1 Texas
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Succession of Jarvis 9 La. Ann. 370 1854 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Godfrey 28 N.H. 379 1854 1 New Hampshire
Tatum v. Hines 15 Ark. 180 1854 0 Arkansas
Brinson v. Sanders 54 N.C. 210 1854 0 North Carolina
Dozier v. Sprouse 54 N.C. 152 1854 0 North Carolina
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 510 1854 0 Louisiana
Clement v. Clement 54 N.C. 184 1854 0 North Carolina
Rives v. Baptiste 25 Ala. 382 1854 0 Alabama
Jelks v. McRae 25 Ala. 440 1854 0 Alabama