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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Equitable Guarantee & Trust Co. v. Donahoe 8 Del. Ch. 422 1899 1 Delaware
Universal Products Co. v. Emerson 36 Del. 553 1935 1 Delaware
Borroughs v. Broxon 3 Del. Cas. 217 1829 0 Transferance of enslaved individuals to the proper descendant Delaware
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Ingram v. Gaskins 3 Del. Cas. 25 1822 0 Qui tam action against a man who illegally exported an enslaved individual Delaware
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
Trustees of the Poor v. Hall 3 Del. 322 1841 0 Failure to provide funding for an enslaved indivudual and if defendant was liable Delaware
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
State v. Clark 2 Del. Cas. 210 1804 0 Question as to hether a man was enslaved or free so he could testify Delaware
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Burton v. Willin 11 Del. 522 1883 1 Delaware
Grano v. State 257 A.2d 768 1969 1 Delaware
Mitchell v. Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission 56 Del. 260 1963 1 Delaware
Electrical Research Products, Inc. v. Vitaphone Corp. 20 Del. Ch. 417 1934 1 Delaware
Madden v. Phelps No. 1055-K, 1995 WL 606318, at *13 (Del. Ch. May 15, 1995) 1995 1 contracts Delaware
Grand Fraternity v. Keatley 27 Del. 308 1913 1 Delaware
Rash v. Allen 24 Del. 444 1910 1 Delaware
Colbert v. Sutton 5 Del. Ch. 294 1880 1 Delaware
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware