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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Veolia Water N. Am. Operating Servs. LLC v. City of Atlanta No. CIV.A. 1:06-CV-1457T, 2007 WL 624361, at *3 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 22, 2007) 2007 2 Georgia
Estate of Mcvey v. Dep't of Revenue 480 S.W.3d 233 2015 2 Kentucky
Scyoc v. Holmes 192 W. Va. 87 1994 2 West 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
Bartee v. Vitocruz 288 Va. 106, 112, 758 S.E.2d 549, 551 (2014) 2014 2 Virginia
In re Estate of Willich No. 12-06-00409-CV, 2007 WL 4465235, at *6 (Tex. App. Dec. 21, 2007) 2007 2 Texas
Hernandez v. State No. 05-11-01300-CR, 2013 WL 1282260, at *3 (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
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
Timber Integrated Investments 234 N.C. App. 667, 763 S.E.2d 17 (2014) 2014 2 North Carolina
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
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 Tennessee
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 Tennessee
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 La.
Johnson v. Zimmerman 42 Ind. App. 165 1908 1 Indiana
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Hermes v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 80 Wis. 590 1891 1 Wisconsin
Jackson-Hinds Bank v. Davis 244 So. 2d 633 1971 1 Louisiana
Supera v. Moreland Sales Corp. 28 Cal. App. 2d 517 1938 1 California
Herbert v. Travelers Indemnity Co. 193 So. 2d 330 1966 1 Louisiana