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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Downer v. Cross 2 Wis. 371 1853 1 Wisconsin
Downer v. Dana 17 Vt. 518 1845 1 Vermont
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Downes v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 244 1901 1 United States
Downes v. Crosby Chemicals, Inc. 234 So. 2d 916 1970 1 Mississippi
Downes v. Friel 57 Md. 531 1882 1 Maryland
Downes v. Long 79 Md. 382 1894 1 Maryland
Downey v. Barnett 27 Miss. 409 1854 0 Mississippi
Downey v. Bullock 42 N.C. 102 1850 0 North Carolina
Downey v. Downey 98 Ala. 373 1893 1 Alabama
Downey v. Hicks 55 U.S. 240 1852 1 United States
Downey v. Kearney 81 W. Va. 422 1917 1 West Virginia
Downey v. Murphey 18 N.C. 82 1834 1 North Carolina
Downey v. Smith 17 N.C. 535 1834 0 North Carolina
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Louisiana
Downing v. Johnson 45 Tenn. 229 1867 0 Tennessee
Downing v. Marshall 9 N.Y. 366 1861 1 New York
Downing v. Mayes 153 Ill. 330 1894 1 Illinois
Downing v. Nicholson 115 Iowa 493 1902 1 Iowa
Downing v. Panata 33 Idaho 300 1920 1 Idaho