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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Adeduntan v. Hosp. Auth. of Clarke Cty. No. 3:04-CV-65 (CDL), 2006 WL 1934872, at *5 (M.D. Ga. July 11, 2006) 2006 2 Georgia
Commercial Painting Co., Inc. v. The Weitz Co., LLC No. W201301989COAR3CV, 2016 WL 3519015, at *10 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 20, 2016) 2016 2 Tennessee
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 Tennessee
Hernandez v. State No. 05-11-01300-CR, 2013 WL 1282260, at *3 (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
United States v. Fuentes 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 41836, *13 1994 2 Texas
Bear Ranch, LLC v. HeartBrand Beef, Inc. No. 6:12-CV-00014, 2013 WL 6190253, at *4 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 26, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
Timber Integrated Investments 234 N.C. App. 667, 763 S.E.2d 17 (2014) 2014 2 North Carolina
In re Estate of Willich No. 12-06-00409-CV, 2007 WL 4465235, at *6 (Tex. App. Dec. 21, 2007) 2007 2 Texas
Bartee v. Vitocruz 288 Va. 106, 112, 758 S.E.2d 549, 551 (2014) 2014 2 Virginia
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
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 La.
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 Tennessee
People v. Hyung Joon Kim 45 Cal. 4th 1078 2009 2 California
In re Swan-Finch Oil Corp. 213 F. Supp. 638 1962 United States
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 New Jersey
Overseers of Poor of Perth Amboy v. Overseers of Poor of Piscataway 19 N.J.L. 173 1842 New Jersey
Overseers of Morris v. Overseers of Warren 26 N.J.L. 312 1857 New Jersey
Williamson v. Chamberlain 10 N.J. Eq. 373 1855 New Jersey
Merselis v. Mead 7 N.J. Eq. 557 1849 New Jersey
Shepherd v. Newkirk 21 N.J.L. 302 1848 New Jersey