Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
National Union Fire Ins. v. Currie 180 Miss. 711 1938 1 Mississippi
Hemler v. Adcock 166 La. 703 1928 1 Louisiana
Norfolk & Western R. v. Dunnaway’s Adm’r 93 Va. 29 1896 1 Virginia
Spiers v. Davidson 233 La. 239 1957 1 Louisiana
Tessier v. H.S. Anderson Trucking Co. 713 F.2d 135 1983 1 United States
Johns v. Johns 86 Va. 333 1889 1 Virginia
Christopher Phelps & Associates, LLC v. Galloway 477 F.3d 128 2007 1 United States
Dendinger v. First National Corp. 16 F.3d 99 1994 1 United States
People v. Sanford 43 Cal. 29 1872 1 California
McGregor v. Provident Trust Co. 119 Fla. 718 1935 1 Florida
Smith v. Boyd 119 Fla. 481 1935 1 Florida
Weekley v. Knight 116 Fla. 721 1934 1 Florida
Tampa Electric Co. v. Lyons 136 Fla. 14 1939 1 Florida
Brown v. State 135 Fla. 90 1938 1 Florida
Benjamin v. Woodring 268 Md. 593 1973 1 Maryland
Jones v. General Motors Corp. 310 Mich. 605 1945 1 Michigan
Felgner v. Anderson 375 Mich. 23 1965 1 Michigan
Matteson v. Ellsworth 33 Wis. 488 1873 1 Wisconsin
McClain v. Kansas City Bridge Co. 338 Mo. 7 1935 1 Missouri
Ates v. Ates 189 Miss. 226 1940 1 Mississippi