Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488, 169 So. 521 (La.1936) 1936 1 Louisiana
Chaney v. Dags Branch Coal Co. No. 2005-CA-001857-WC, 2007 WL 80915, at *4 (Ky. Ct. App. Jan. 12, 2007) 2007 1 Crim. pro. Kentucky
King v. State 580 So. 2d 1182 1991 1 jury Mississippi
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Chapman v. Cassels Co. 180 Ga. 349 1935 1 Georgia
Petticrew v. Greenshields 61 Wash. 614 1911 1 Washington
Frasier v. Littleton's Ex'or 100 Va. 9 1901 1 Virginia
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 dram shop Louisiana
Land Development Co. v. Schulz 169 La. 1 1929 1 Louisiana
Lewis v. Buford 93 Ark. 57 1909 1 Arkansas
Kitchens v. State 300 So. 2d 922 1974 1 Mississippi
State v. Adams 406 Md. 240 2008 1 jury/crim pro Maryland
State v. Johnson 176 La. 371 1933 1 Louisiana
Swartzwelder v. Freeport Coal Co. 131 W. Va. 276 1948 1 West Virginia
Donovan v. Kirchner 100 Md. App. 409 1994 1 contracts Maryland
State v. Maddox 154 La. 547 1923 1 Louisiana