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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
In re Estate of Lightner 187 Pa. 237 1898 1 Pennsylvania
In re Wolfe 29 Abb. N. Cas. 340 1892 1 New York
Minot v. Winthrop 162 Mass. 113 1894 1 Massachusetts
Hagerty v. State 55 Ohio St. 613 1897 1 Ohio
Drew v. Tifft 79 Minn. 175 1900 1 Minnesota
Commonwealth v. Cain 77 Ky. 525 1879 1 Kentucky
In re Olson 206 Iowa 706 1928 1 Iowa
Willard v. People 5 Ill. 461 1843 1 Illinois
Lindsay v. Williams’ ex’rs 63 Ky. 475 1866 1 Kentucky
Proprietors of the Canal Bridge v. Trustees of the Methodist Religious Society 54 Mass. 335 1847 1 Massachusetts
State v. Shepherd 30 N.C. 195 1847 1 North Carolina
Stillings v. Smith 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 488 1887 1 New York
In re the Judicial Settlement of Cruger 68 N.Y. St. Rep. 241 1895 1 New York
Simpson v. Serviss 3 Ohio C.C. 433 1888 1 Ohio
Fordyce v. Godman 20 Ohio St. 1 1870 1 Ohio
State v. M’Lemore 20 S.C.L. 680 1835 1 South Carolina
Terry v. Belcher 17 S.C.L. 568 1830 1 South Carolina
Maples ex rel. Broughton v. Maples 14 S.C. Eq. 300 1839 1 South Carolina
Mansfield's Estate 206 Pa. 64 1903 1 Pennsylvania
Phoenix Building & Homestead Ass'n v. Weilbacher 11 Teiss. 72 1914 1 Louisiana