Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Howe v. Treasurer of Plainfield 37 N.J.L. 145 1874 1 New Jersey
Owen v. State 862 So. 2d 687 2003 1 Florida
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Mayo 8 Tex. Civ. App. 164 1894 1 Texas
Tanner v. Tanner 52 Ga. App. 460 1936 1 Georgia
Pennel v. State 122 Tenn. 622 1909 1 Tennessee
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Mitchell v. Wilson 17 F. Cas. 524 1827 1 United States
Whelan v. Reilly 5 W. Va. 356 1872 1 West Virginia
Dunn v. Sanders 243 Ga. 684 1979 1 Georgia
Smith v. Winder 98 Cal. App. 2d 78 1950 1 California
Michigan United Conservation Clubs v. Secretary of State 246 Mich. App. 82 2001 1 Michigan
McKinney v. Daniels 135 Ga. 157 1910 1 Georgia
McMillan v. Greer 85 Cal. App. 558 1927 1 California
State v. Chulpayev 296 Ga. 764 2015 1 acceptance of common law Georgia
United States v. Ninety Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars No. 3:14-CV-356-WHA, 2014 WL 6065559, at 4, n.2 (M.D. Ala. Nov. 12, 2014) 2014 1 admiralty/juris. Alabama
Baker v. State 71 So. 3d 802 2011 1 Admissability of confession Florida
Brown v. Seal 179 S.W.3d 481 2005 1 adverse possession Tennessee
Smejkal v. Smejkal No. 13-09-00285-CV, 2009 WL 3921039, at *2 n.6 (Tex. App. Nov. 19, 2009) 2009 1 adverse possession Texas
Redi-Floors, Inc. v. Sonenberg Co. 254 Ga. App. 615 2002 1 agency Georgia