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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Stallings v. Finch 25 Ala. 518 1854 0 Alabama
R. F. Mestayer Lumber Co. v. Cusack 141 So. 2d 166 1962 1 Louisiana
Butler v. Morgan 590 S.W.2d 543 1979 1 Texas
Toler v. Harbour 589 S.W.2d 529 1979 1 Texas
Smith v. Smith 657 S.W.2d 457 1983 1 Texas
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Medina 814 S.W.2d 71 1991 1 Texas
Sadler v. Duvall 815 S.W.2d 285 1991 1 Texas
Bowman v. Puckett 185 S.W.2d 228 1944 1 Texas
Dabney v. Thomas 596 S.W.2d 561 1980 1 Texas
Howard v. State 667 S.W.2d 524 1984 1 Texas
Ludwick v. Stafford 51 N.C. 109 1858 0 North Carolina
Gilreath v. Gilreath 57 N.C. 142 1858 0 North Carolina
Alexander v. Torrence 51 N.C. 260 1858 0 North Carolina
Stafford v. Sumrall 21 So. 2d 83 1945 1 Louisiana
Black v. Planters' Bank 23 Tenn. 367 1843 0 Tennessee
Carver v. Oakley 57 N.C. 85 1858 0 North Carolina
State v. Evans 50 N.C. 250 1858 0 North Carolina
Webb v. Bowler 50 N.C. 362 1858 0 North Carolina
Devane v. Larkins 56 N.C. 377 1857 0 North Carolina
McLean v. Waddill 50 N.C. 137 1857 0 North Carolina