Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Patton 19 Md. 120 1862 0 Maryland
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Illinois
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Illinois
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Land Development Co. v. Schulz 169 La. 1 1929 1 Louisiana
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Nugent v. Urania Lbr. Co. 16 La. App. 73 1931 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Peoples Bank of Elk Valley No. 01A01-9111CV00421, 1992 WL 117061, at *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 3, 1992) 1992 1 breach of contract, negligence Tennessee
Stinson v. State 443 So. 2d 869 1983 1 crim pro Mississippi
People v. Paramo No. F055501, 2009 WL 2171034, at *4 (Cal. Ct. App. July 22, 2009) 2009 2 writ issued California
Matter of Estate of Mallett 178 Ariz. 377 1994 1 interp. wills Arizona
Sherrill v. Souder 325 S.W.3d 584 2010 1 contracts Tennessee
Lambing v. Southland Corp. 739 S.W.2d 717 1987 1 tort/statute Missouri
State v. Small 301 N.C. 407 1980 1 crim North Carolina
Grady v. Corbin 495 U.S. 508 1990 1 civ pro--jeapardy United States
Bustamante v. Valenzuela 715 F. Supp. 2d 960 2010 1 two crimes based on one act United States
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Illinois
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas