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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Criminal Wisconsin
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Violette v. Ball 2 D.C. 102 1814 0 United States
Rose v. Kennedy 1 D.C. 29 1801 0 United States
United States v. Minifie 2 D.C. 109 1814 0 United States
Hamilton v. Franklin 4 D.C. 729 1836 0 United States
Sylvia v. Coryell 1 D.C. 32 1801 0 United States
Crease v. Parker 1 D.C. 448 1807 0 United States
Reason v. Bridges 1 D.C. 477 1807 0 United States
Lucy v. Slade 1 D.C. 422 1807 0 United States
United States v. Jack 1 D.C. 44 1801 0 United States
Butler v. Duvall 3 D.C. 611 1829 0 United States
Harris v. Firth 4 D.C. 710 1836 0 United States
Shelby v. Guy 24 U.S. 361 1826 0 United States
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 United States
United States v. Henning 4 D.C. 608 1835 0 United States