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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Borst v. Crommie 26 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 209 1879 1 New York
Wood v. Seward 4 Redf. 271 1880 1 New York
Shuttleworth v. Shuttleworth 34 W. Va. 17 1890 1 West Virginia
Denfield 156 Mass. 265 1892 1 Massachusetts
Dodge v. Hogan 19 R.I. 4 1893 1 Rhode Island
Independent Ice & Distilled Water Manufacturing Co. v. Anderson 106 La. 55 1901 1 Louisiana
Downes v. Long 79 Md. 382 1894 1 Maryland
Whitney v. Hay 15 App. D.C. 164 1899 1 District of Columbia
Warner v. Bullen 123 Ill. App. 138 1905 1 Illinois
Offutt v. Offutt 106 Md. 236 1907 1 Maryland
In re the Estate of Burr 11 Mills Surr. 317 1913 1 New York
In re the Estate of Burr 83 Misc. 240 1913 1 New York
In re Burr's Estate 144 N.Y.S. 926 1913 1 New York
Hill v. Carr 78 N.H. 458 1917 1 New Hampshire
In re the Estate of Gabler 140 Misc. 581 1931 1 New York
Legge v. Canty 176 Md. 283 1939 1 Maryland
Jones v. Holloway 183 Md. 40 1944 1 Maryland
Sanitary Facilities II, Inc. v. Blum 22 Md. App. 90 1974 1 Maryland
Castruccio v. Estate of Castruccio 196 A.3d 912 2018 1 Maryland
Beckley v. Riegert 212 Pa. 91 1905 1 Pennsylvania