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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thornton v. Thornton 272 Ala. 4 1961 1 Alabama
Thornton v. Thornton 24 Va. 179 1825 1 Virginia
Thornton v. Thornton 63 N.C. 211 1869 1 North Carolina
Thornton v. State 25 Ga. 301 1858 0 Coviction of murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Thornton v. State 162 Md. App. 719 2005 1 Maryland
Thornton v. State 18 Ala. App. 225 1921 1 Alabama
Thornton v. State 113 Ala. 43 1896 1 Alabama
Thornton v. Stanley 55 Ohio St. 199 1896 1 Ohio
Thornton v. Sheffield & Birmingham R. R. 84 Ala. 109 1887 1 Alabama
Thornton v. Pinckard 157 Ala. 206 1908 1 Alabama
Thornton v. Park 61 Ga. 549 1878 1 Georgia
Thornton v. Murray 50 Tex. 161 1878 1 Texas
Thornton v. McNeill 23 Miss. 369 1852 0 Alternative dispute resolution as a bar to action Mississippi
Thornton v. Mansker 10 La. 121 1836 0 Successions, curator, property, community property, sales, debts, privileges Louisiana
Thornton v. Lane 11 Ga. 459 1852 1 Georgia
Thornton v. Jett 1 Va. 138 1792 1 Virginia
Thornton v. Hulme 218 Ga. 480 1962 1 Georgia
Thornton v. Guice 73 Ala. 321 1882 1 Alabama
Thornton v. Gilman 67 N.H. 392 1892 1 New Hampshire
Thornton v. Gaar 87 Va. 315 1891 1 Virginia