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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Weare v. Van Meter 42 Iowa 128 1875 1 Iowa
Knolls v. Barnhart 71 N.Y. 474 1877 1 New York
Hunter v. Bosworth 43 Wis. 583 1878 1 Wisconsin
Harvey v. Cherry 76 N.Y. 436 1879 1 New York
Bissell v. Saxton 77 N.Y. 191 1879 1 New York
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Bulte 45 Mich. 113 1881 1 Michigan
Hoyt v. Hoyt 85 N.Y. 142 1881 1 New York
Bender v. Stewart 75 Ind. 88 1881 1 Indiana
Smith v. Washington 11 Mo. App. 519 1882 1 Missouri
McCord v. Oakland Quicksilver Mining Co. 64 Cal. 134 1883 1 California
Eversdon v. Mayhew 65 Cal. 163 1884 1 California
McCall v. Moss 112 Ill. 493 1884 1 Illinois
Bissell v. Foss 114 U.S. 252 1885 1 United States
Davis v. Chapman 24 F. 674 1885 1 United States
Minter v. Durham 13 Or. 470 1886 1 Oregon
Pennypacker v. Pennypacker 5 Sadler 408 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Weeks v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co. 78 Wis. 501 1891 1 Wisconsin
Powers v. Fouche 14 N.Y. St. Rep. 406 1888 1 New York
Peck v. Peck 110 N.Y. 64 1888 1 New York
Meyer v. Blair 109 N.Y. 600 1888 1 New York