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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland