Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Creager v. State 952 S.W.2d 852 1997 1 Texas
Pullen v. Hopkins 69 Tenn. 741 1878 1 Tennessee
Standard Oil Co. v. Reagan 15 Ga. App. 571 1915 1 Georgia
Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc. 546 S.W.2d 228 1976 1 Tennessee
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 SC of Appeals VA
Goodman v. State 122 Ga. 111 1905 1 Georgia
United States v. Surtain, No. 11-30525 No. 11-30525, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 6038, at *25-26 (5th Cir. Mar. 26, 2013) 2013 2
Harrison-Solomon v. State 442 Md. 254 2015 1 Maryland
Beers v. McConnell 21 N.J. 50 1956 1 New Jersey
Creech v. Errington 207 La. 615 1945 1 Louisiana
Ferry v. Clarke 77 Va. 397 1883 1 Virginia
Holmgren v. United States 217 U.S. 509 1910 1 United States
Polomski v. Mayor of Baltimore 344 Md. 70 1996 1 Maryland
Heike v. United States 217 U.S. 423 1910 1 United States
Greer v. Greers 50 Va. 330 1852 1 Virginia
Kelly v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 278 1871 0 Tennessee
Spooner's Adm'r v. Hilbish's Ex'or 92 Va. 333 1895 1 Virginia
In re Swan-Finch Oil Corp. 213 F. Supp. 638 1962 United States