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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Illinois
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Indiana
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Indiana
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Illinois
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois
Knorr v. Home Insurance 25 Wis. 143 1869 0 Wisconsin
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Illinois
Howe v. Treasurer of Plainfield 37 N.J.L. 145 1874 1 New Jersey