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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Civil Illinois
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Civil SC of PA.
Handel v. Artukovic 601 F. Supp. 1421 1985 1 Civil United States
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 1833 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Civil SC of New York
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Civil SC of PA.
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Anderson v. Brock 3 Me. 243 1825 1 Civil Maine
Bartels v. Harris 4 Me. 146 1826 1 Civil Maine
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Civil Illinois