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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sawyer v. Boyle 21 Tex. 28 1858 0 Texas
Sawyer v. Dozier 52 N.C. 7 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Scales v. Scales 59 N.C. 163 1860 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Schley v. Lyon 6 Ga. 530 1849 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Scoby v. Sweatt 28 Tex. 713 1866 1 Texas
Scott's Executor v. Auld 3 D.C. 647 1829 0 Detinue /parol evidence United States
Scott's executor v. Hill 6 N.C. 143 1812 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Scott's Executor v. Osborne's Executor 16 Va. 413 1811 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Scott v. Bartleman 2 D.C. 313 1822 0 Assumpsit United States
Scott v. Burch's Adm'x 6 H. & J. 67 1823 0 Maryland
Scott v. Carruth 17 Tenn. 418 1836 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Dobson 1 Md. 160 1749 0 Maryland
Scott v. Featherston 5 La. 306 1850 0 Suretyship, property, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, privileges, subrogation Louisiana
Scott v. Haddock 11 Ga. 258 1852 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott v. Kelson 3 Port. 452 1836 0 Will & trust Alabama
Scott v. Moore 60 N.C. 98 1864 0 Marriage Settlement North Carolina
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 Freedom suit United States
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi
Scott v. Waugh 15 Serg. & Rawle 17 1826 0 Will & trust SC of PA.