Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Georgia 349 U.S. 375 1955 1 United States
Chaney v. Dags Branch Coal Co. No. 2005-CA-001857-WC, 2007 WL 80915, at *4 (Ky. Ct. App. Jan. 12, 2007) 2007 1 Crim. pro. Kentucky
Gibson v. Governor ex rel. Stewart's Adm'r 38 Va. 600 1841 1 Virginia
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488, 169 So. 521 (La.1936) 1936 1 Louisiana
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
Cunningham v. Feinberg 441 Md. 310 2015 1 contracts Maryland
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Howard v. City of New Orleans 1 La. App. 780 1925 1 Louisiana
Polomski v. Mayor of Baltimore 344 Md. 70 1996 1 Maryland
McElwee v. McElwee 911 S.W.2d 182 1995 1 divorce, property division Texas
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
Luquis v. State 72 S.W.3d 355 2002 1 murder, sentencing Texas
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
State v. Mathews 68 W. Va. 89 1910 1 West Virginia
Almond v. Adams 221 La. 234 1952 1 Louisiana
Almond v. Adams 59 So. 2d 132 1952 1 Louisiana
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Keller v. Summers 187 So. 69 1939 1 Louisiana