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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Smith 190 Misc. 298 1947 1 New York
Shahan v. Swan 48 Ohio St. 25 1891 1 Ohio
Cross v. Armstrong 44 Ohio St. 613 1887 1 Ohio
People v. Arnstein 128 Misc. 176 1926 1 New York
In re Liberatore 574 F.2d 78 1978 1 United States
Freeman v. Califano 574 F.2d 264 1978 1 United States
Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald 575 F.2d 239 1978 1 United States
Guyer v. Union Trust Co. 55 Ind. App. 472 1914 1 Indiana
Makofsky v. Cunningham 576 F.2d 1223 1978 1 United States
Smith v. Mace 44 N.H. 553 1860 1 New Hampshire
Pelton v. Prescott 13 Iowa 567 1862 1 Iowa
Trow v. Glen Cove Starch Co. 1 Daly (N.Y.) 280 1863 1 New York
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Rathbone 1 W. Va. 87 1865 1 West Virginia
Meyer v. Huneke 65 Barb. 304 1873 1 New York
Matteson v. Ellsworth 33 Wis. 488 1873 1 Wisconsin
Callis v. Waddy 16 Va. 511 1811 1 Virginia
Hemler v. Adcock 166 La. 703 1928 1 Louisiana
Kilkelly v. Martin 34 Wis. 525 1874 1 Wisconsin
Meyer v. Huneke 55 N.Y. 412 1874 1 New York
Dobyns & Davis v. Rawley 76 Va. 537 1882 1 Virginia