Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Land Development Co. v. Schulz 169 La. 1 1929 1 Louisiana
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
Nugent v. Urania Lbr. Co. 16 La. App. 73 1931 1 Louisiana
Lewis v. Buford 93 Ark. 57 1909 1 Arkansas
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc. 546 S.W.2d 228 1976 1 Tennessee
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
Morsell v. Baden 22 Md. 391 1864 0 Maryland
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Murry v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 720 1835 1 Virginia