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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burkhart v. Howard 14 Or. 39 1886 1 Oregon
Burkham v. Mastin 54 Ala. 122 1875 1 Alabama
Burkham Bros. v. Daniel 56 Ala. 604 1876 1 Alabama
Burkhalter v. Oliver 88 Ga. 473 1891 1 Georgia
Burke v. Winkle 2 Serg. & Rawle 189 1816 1 Pennsylvania
Burke v. Valentine 5 Abb. Pr. 164 1868 1 New York
Burke v. Turner 85 N.C. 500 1881 1 North Carolina
Burke v. State 57 Ga. App. 220 1938 1 Georgia
Burke v. Scharf 19 N.D. 227 1909 1 North Dakota
Burke v. Parke 5 W. Va. 122 1872 1 West Virginia
Burke v. Mutch 66 Ala. 568 1880 1 Alabama
Burke v. Murphy 27 Miss. 167 1854 0 Fraudulent Conveyance Mississippi
Burke v. Levy's Executors 22 Va. 1 1821 1 Virginia
Burke v. Lee & Wife 76 Va. 386 1882 1 Virginia
Burke v. Joe 6 G. & J. 136 1834 0 Maryland
Burke v. Cunningham 217 Ala. 188 1928 1 Alabama
Burke v. Clarke 2 Swan 310 1852 0 Tennessee
Burke v. Clarke 11 La. 206 1837 0 Sales, damages, agency, partnerships, theft Louisiana
Burke v. Chamberlain's Lessee 22 Md. 298 1864 1 Maryland
Burke v. Bishop 27 La. 465 1875 1 Louisiana