Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Bisso 179 La. 56 1934 1 Louisiana
Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Bisso 153 So. 19 1934 1 Louisiana
Gabbert v. Gabbert 217 Ala. 599 1928 1 Alabama
Byrne v. Schneider 808 S.W.2d 936 1991 1 contracts Missouri
Balte v. Bedemiller 37 Or. 27 1900 1 Oregon
Matter of Commitment of Edward S. 118 N.J. 118 1990 1 'general refs' New Jersey
Orlowski v. Bates No. 2:11-CV-01396-JPM, 2015 WL 1485980, at *7 (W.D. Tenn. Mar. 31, 2015) 2015 1 fraud Tennessee
American Bush v. City of South Salt Lake 140 P.3d 1235 2006 1 Utah
Arias v. Jokers Wild, Inc., 73 Va. Cir. 281 n.85 (2007) 73 Va. Cir. 281 2007 1 fraud, conversion, etc. Virginia
Gonsewski v. Gonsewski 350 S.W.3d 99 2011 1 divorce, property division Tennessee
Envtl. Sys., Inc. v. Rexham Corp. 624 So. 2d 1379 1993 1 inheritance Alabama
Champagne v. Champagne 125 La. 408 1990 1 wills/trusts Louisiana
Box v. Lanier 112 Tenn. 393 1904 1 dispute over insurance policy proceeds Tennessee
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
McDonald v. City of Chicago 561 U.S. 742 2010 1 United States
1953 Op. Att'y Gen 053–68 (March 24, 1953) 1953 1 United States
Montague v. Allan's Ex'or 78 Va. 592 1884 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Hake v. Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court 52 La. Ann. 103 1899 1 Louisiana
Board of Liquidating Com'rs of Bank v. Dodson 131 La. 44 1912 1 Louisiana