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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hogan v. Thorington 8 Port. 428 1839 0 False Warranty Alabama
Robinson v. Windham 9 Port. 397 1839 0 False warranty of a enslaved person Alabama
Worthy v. Patterson 20 Ala. 172 1852 0 False Warranty of an Enslaved Person Alabama
James v. Dowell 15 Miss. 333 1846 0 False warranty of slave dispute Mississippi
Pickard v. Pickard 176 N.C. App. 193 2006 1 family North Carolina
Garrett v. Burris 224 N.C. App. 32 2012 1 family North Carolina
Hess v. Whitsitt 257 Cal. App. 2d 552 1967 1 family law California
Wareham v. Wareham 195 Cal. App. 2d 64 1961 1 family law California
Rozan v. Rozan 49 Cal. 2d 322 1957 1 family law California
Keene v. Keene 57 Cal. 2d 657 1962 1 family law California
McVey v. Holden 15 La. Ann. 317 1860 0 Family Law, Divorce, Property Louisiana
Succession of Ewing v. Altmeyer 15 La. Ann. 416 1860 0 Family law, divorce, property, wills Louisiana
State v. Sullivan 9 Tex. 156 1852 0 Family status of owning slaves Texas
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Barker 11 Serg. & Rawle 360 1824 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.