Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lawrence v. Vick 29 Tenn. 285 1849 0 Tennessee
Jane v. Hagen 29 Tenn. 332 1849 0 Tennessee
Almond v. Adams 221 La. 234 1952 1 Louisiana
Barnes v. White 32 Tenn. 442 1852 0 Tennessee
Norfolk & Petersburg R. R. v. Ormsby 68 Va. 455 1876 1 Virginia
State v. Mathews 68 W. Va. 89 1910 1 West Virginia
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
Noe v. Card 14 Cal. 576 1860 1 California
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
A.B. v. State 949 N.E.2d 1204 2011 1 Indiana
Norris v. Vaughan 152 Tex. 491 1953 1 Texas
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
Chapman v. Cassels Co. 180 Ga. 349 1935 1 Georgia
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Moore v. Cole 200 Tenn. 43 1956 1 Tennessee
Gibson v. Belcher 287 S.C. 315 1985 1 South Carolina
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Dallas Farm Machinery Co. v. Reaves 158 Tex. 1 1957 1 Texas
United States v. Ayala 887 F.2d 62 1989 1 United States