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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Collerd v. Huson 34 N.J. Eq. 38 1881 1 New Jersey
Blount v. Boston 351 Md. 360 1998 1 domicile Maryland
Elizabethtown Savings Institution v. Gerber 34 N.J. Eq. 130 1881 1 New Jersey
Stephens v. Beaver Dam Drainage Dist. 123 Miss. 884 1920 1 Mississippi
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
Newman v. Newman 60 W. Va. 371 1906 1 West Virginia
H. Weston Lumber Co. v. Lacey Lumber Co. 123 Miss. 208 1920 1 Mississippi
Stubblefield v. Haywood 123 Miss. 480 1920 1 Mississippi
State v. Hopkins 56 Vt. 250 1883 1 Vermont
State v. Wheat 63 Vt. 673 1890 1 Vermont
Corkery v. Hinkle 125 Wash. 671 1923 1 Washington
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul v. Kelly 14 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 290 1876 1 New York
Michel v. Sammis 15 Fla. 308 1875 1 Florida
West v. West 475 So. 2d 56 1985 1 Louisiana
Slack v. Dunn 5 So. 2d 164 1941 1 Louisiana
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul v. Kelly 67 N.Y. 409 1876 1 New York
Pairo v. Bethell 75 Va. 825 1881 1 Virginia
State v. Workman 35 W. Va. 367 1891 1 West Virginia
State v. Hunter 37 W. Va. 744 1893 1 West Virginia
Commonwealth v. Roosnell 143 Mass. 32 1886 1 Massachusetts