Involving slavery Reference cases involving slavery All cases Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Short Name Citation Summary Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction Link
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 11 Ark. 212 1850 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Reiersen v. Comm'r of Revenue 26 Mass. App. Ct. 124 1988 1 Caselaw Access Project
Micou v. National Bank 104 U.S. 530 1881 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Hughes v. Peacehealth 344 Or. 142 2008 1 Caselaw Access Project
Isbell v. Butler 2 Va. Col. Dec. 40 1734 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Caselaw Access Project
Len-Hal Realty, Inc. v. Wintter & Cummings 689 So. 2d 1191 1997 1 Caselaw Access Project
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Owen v. State 862 So. 2d 687 2003 1 Caselaw Access Project
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 Negligence charged for boat captain allowing captured runaway slave to jump overboard and drown himself 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Estate of Mcvey v. Dep't of Revenue 480 S.W.3d 233 2015 2 Caselaw Access Project
Phillips v. Stewart 27 Ga. 402 1859 0 Abatement of action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
State v. Chulpayev 296 Ga. 764 2015 1 acceptance of common law Caselaw Access Project
Simmons v. State 4 Ga. 465 1848 0 accessory to theft of goods by slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 26 Ga. 704 1859 0 Action based on promissory note Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lennard v. Jones 27 Ga. 309 1859 0 Action brought by trustee Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Davis 18 Ga. 679 1855 0 Action brought for death of slave on carriage Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Action brought for harboring slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Latimer v. Alexander 14 Ga. 259 1853 0 Action brought for payment for a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Lester 16 Ga. 410 1854 0 Action brought to recover value of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hobgood v. Martin 31 Ga. 62 1860 0 Action equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clayton v. Brown 30 Ga. 490 1860 0 Action for a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cox v. State 32 Ga. 515 1861 0 action for murder of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wyche v. Greene 11 Ga. 159 1852 1 Action for repayment to loan slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Action for value of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tilman v. Stringer 26 Ga. 171 1858 0 Action for value of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lemon v. Wright 31 Ga. 317 1860 0 Action of conversion of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Baynes v. Bernhard 12 Ga. 150 1852 0 action of covenant Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Action of deceit Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Walton v. Jordan 23 Ga. 420 1857 0 Action of deceit Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mangham v. Reed 11 Ga. 137 1852 0 Action of trespass Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tharp v. Anderson 31 Ga. 293 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Howard v. Snelling 28 Ga. 469 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Andrews v. Bonner 26 Ga. 520 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Thrash v. Hardy 31 Ga. 203 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Aiken v. Cato 23 Ga. 154 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dinkins v. Moore 17 Ga. 62 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Morgan v. Jones 24 Ga. 155 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Ball v. Wallace 32 Ga. 170 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Childers v. Childers 21 Ga. 377 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McGlawn v. McGlawn 17 Ga. 234 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jennings v. Parker 24 Ga. 621 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Outlaw v. Gilmer 27 Ga. 365 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Fain v. Cornett 25 Ga. 184 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dawson v. Callaway 31 Ga. 47 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Field & Adams v. Lucas 21 Ga. 447 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 16 Ga. 114 1854 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Buchanan 9 Ga. 539 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mapp v. Phillips 32 Ga. 72 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Arrington v. Cherry 10 Ga. 429 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Allen v. Whitaker 34 Ga. 6 1864 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brewton v. Smith 28 Ga. 442 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Starnes v. Quin 6 Ga. 84 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
James v. Kerby 29 Ga. 684 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tompkins v. Philips 12 Ga. 52 1852 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bigby v. Powell 25 Ga. 244 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pope v. Tucker 23 Ga. 484 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Fowler v. Waldrip 10 Ga. 350 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Moye v. Kittrell 29 Ga. 677 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brooks v. Ashburn 9 Ga. 297 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pope v. Toombs 20 Ga. 762 1856 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Meek v. Holton 22 Ga. 491 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Foster v. Brooks 6 Ga. 287 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clements v. Glass 23 Ga. 395 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wight v. Hester 24 Ga. 485 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Logan & Meara 32 Ga. 165 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mayor of Columbus v. Howard 6 Ga. 213 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Rutledge v. Montgomery 30 Ga. 899 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 29 Ga. 225 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Walden v. McDonald 30 Ga. 542 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mulligan v. Bailey 28 Ga. 507 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Groce v. Rittenberry 14 Ga. 232 1853 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Womack v. White 30 Ga. 696 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wood & Whitaker v. Tompkins 28 Ga. 159 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mayor of Columbus v. Goetchius 7 Ga. 139 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Alston v. Grantham 26 Ga. 374 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
M’Cleskey v. Leadbetter 1 Ga. 551 1846 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bell v. McCawley 29 Ga. 355 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Woodson v. Law 7 Ga. 105 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Powell v. Bigley 14 Ga. 41 1853 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Sims v. Goodwyn 31 Ga. 267 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Reinhart v. Miller 22 Ga. 402 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carlton v. Price 10 Ga. 495 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Watson 32 Ga. 264 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 action to recover balance due Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Strozier v. Carroll 31 Ga. 557 1860 0 action to recover damages Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mann v. Macon & Western Railroad 32 Ga. 345 1861 0 Action to recover damages from railroad company for death of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bealle v. Day 28 Ga. 435 1859 0 action to recover slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pearson v. Reid 10 Ga. 580 1851 0 Additional property injury in suit Georgia Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Ninety Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars No. 3:14-CV-356-WHA, 2014 WL 6065559, at 4, n.2 (M.D. Ala. Nov. 12, 2014) 2014 1 admiralty/juris.
Baker v. State 71 So. 3d 802 2011 1 Admissability of confession Caselaw Access Project
Smejkal v. Smejkal No. 13-09-00285-CV, 2009 WL 3921039, at *2 n.6 (Tex. App. Nov. 19, 2009) 2009 1 adverse possession
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 adverse possession
Brown v. Seal 179 S.W.3d 481 2005 1 adverse possession Caselaw Access Project
Redi-Floors, Inc. v. Sonenberg Co. 254 Ga. App. 615 2002 1 agency Caselaw Access Project
Arambula v. Atwell 948 S.W.2d 173 1998 2 agency Caselaw Access Project
First State Bank of Lineville v. Deeb (In re Deeb) 47 B.R. 848 1985 1 agriculture United States Caselaw Access Project
Baker v. State 15 Ga. 498 1854 0 Aiding a slave escape Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Myrick v. Vineburgh 30 Ga. 161 1860 0 Allowing Manumission of slaves outside of Georgia Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Thompson v. Kimbrel 46 Ga. 529 1872 0 amended order Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Blassingame v. Rose 34 Ga. 418 1866 0 appeal for property debt Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Kane v. Cohen 182 Ga. App. 485 1987 1 appeals/jury Caselaw Access Project
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Townsend 793 F.3d 771 2015 1 appellate procedure Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. State 35 Ga. 263 1866 0 Assault with intent to commit rape Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jackson v. State 51 Ga. 402 1874 0 Assault with intent to murder Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Johnson v. North Carolina Dep't of Cultural Res. 223 N.C. App. 47 2012 1 bailments Caselaw Access Project
In re Chateaugay Corp. 922 F.2d 86, 91 (2d Cir. 1990) 1990 1 bankruptcy NY
United States v. Cluck 143 F.3d 174, 180 (5th Cir. 1998) 1998 1 bankruptcy fraud Caselaw Access Project
In re Crabtree 39 B.R. 713 1984 1 bankruptcy; validity of gift Caselaw Access Project
Harrington v. Harrington 15 Ga. 561 1854 0 Bill for sale of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bennett v. Woolfolk 15 Ga. 213 1854 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jackson v. Waters 10 Ga. 546 1851 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Worsham v. Brown 4 Ga. 284 1848 0 Bill in Equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Eastman v. McAlpin 1 Ga. 157 1846 0 Bill of equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hawes v. Paul 41 Ga. 609 1871 0 Bill of equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Fountaine v. Urquhart 33 Ga. Supp. 184 1864 0 Bill of equity for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Executors of Everett v. Administrators of Whitfield 27 Ga. 133 1859 0 Bill of exceptions Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Washington v. State 36 Ga. 222 1867 0 Bill of indictment Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Curry v. Gaulden 17 Ga. 72 1855 0 Bond Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Kubovy v. Cintas Corp. No. 01-02-00521-CV, 2003 WL 21299938, at *3 (Tex. App. June 5, 2003) 2003 1 breach of contract
Harper & Ammons v. Lemon 38 Ga. 227 1868 0 Breach of contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cherry v. Jones 41 Ga. 579 1871 0 Breach of Contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tompkins v. Tigner 17 Ga. 103 1855 0 Breach of Contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Newport Ltd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. CIVIL ACTION NO. 86-2319 SECTION 'K', 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18064, at *10-13 (E.D. La. Nov. 21, 1995) 1995 1 breach of contract etc. Louisiana
Teleglobe Communs. Corp. v. BCE, Inc. (In re Teleglobe Communs. Corp.) 493 F.3d 345 2007 1 breach of contract etc. Caselaw Access Project
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 breach of contract, fraud in the inducement Texas
Smith v. Peoples Bank of Elk Valley No. 01A01-9111CV00421, 1992 WL 117061, at *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 3, 1992) 1992 1 breach of contract, negligence Tennessee
Cleghorn v. Love 24 Ga. 590 1858 0 Breach of Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
In re Cannon 277 F.3d 838 2002 1 breach of trustee's duty Caselaw Access Project
Badgett v. Broughton 1 Ga. 591 1846 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McAffee v. Mulkey 40 Ga. 115 1869 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hopkins v. Tilman 25 Ga. 212 1858 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dukes v. Nelson 27 Ga. 457 1859 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dean v. Traylor 8 Ga. 169 1850 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Drumright v. Philpot 16 Ga. 424 1854 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Feagin v. Beasley 23 Ga. 17 1857 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Italian Cowboy Partners, Ltd. v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am. 341 S.W.3d 323 2011 1 breach of warranty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation Caselaw Access Project
Wood v. Ross 43 Ga. 596 1871 0 Bribery Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. 797 S.E.2d 264, 269 (N.C.) 2017 2 candor with court
Harvey v. Anderson 12 Ga. 69 1852 0 Caveat to will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Commonwealth v. Rivera 18 Va. App. 103 1994 2 challenge to 'habitual offender' ordinance Caselaw Access Project
Courtney v. Hall-Edwards 134 So. 3d 543 2014 1 charging liens (atty fees) Caselaw Access Project
Baker & Hostetler, LLP v. Swearingen 998 So. 2d 1158, 1161 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008) 2008 1 charging liens (atty fees) Caselaw Access Project
CK Regalia, LLC v. Thornton 159 So. 3d 358 2015 1 charging liens (atty fees) Caselaw Access Project
Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh Mirabito & Christensen, P.A. v. Chernak 991 So. 2d 875 2008 1 charging liens (atty fees) Caselaw Access Project
Kearney v. Salomon Smith Barney, Inc, 39 Cal. 4th 95 2006 1 choice of law Caselaw Access Project
Handel v. Artukovic 601 F. Supp. 1421, 1435 (C.D. Cal. 1985) 1985 1 choice of law
Posey v. Com. 185 S.W.3d 170 2006 1 citizenship Caselaw Access Project
Zikofsky v. Mktg. 10, Inc. 904 So. 2d 520 2005 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Hollie v. State 174 So. 3d 824 2015 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Knight v. Princess Builders, Inc. 393 Md. 31 2006 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
In re Accutane Litig. 233 N.C. App. 319 2014 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Capital Res., LLC v. Chelda, Inc. 223 N.C. App. 227 2012 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Johnson v. Controller, Anne Arundel Cty. No. MISC 450, 1984 WL 62863, at *5 (Md. Tax Sept. 10, 1984) 1984 1 civ pro
Peltier v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 2016-12, 2016 WL 3745544, *4 (La. App. 3 Cir. 7/13/16) 2016 2 civ pro
Merriweather v. Grandison 904 S.W.2d 485 1995 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Arguelles v. State 867 So. 2d 1036 2003 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Clark Sand Co. v. Kelly 60 So. 3d 149 2011 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Warren v. Bergeron 599 So. 2d 369 1992 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Rourke v. Amchem Prod., Inc. 384 Md. 329 2004 1 civ pro Caselaw Access Project
Levine v. Hans 923 S.W.2d 357 1996 1 civ pro/equity Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Grady v. Corbin 495 U.S. 508 1990 1 civ pro--jeapardy United States Caselaw Access Project
Ex parte Lewis 219 S.W.3d 335 2007 1 civ pro/mistrials Texas Caselaw Access Project
People v. Milka 211 Ill. 2d 150 2004 1 civ pro/mistrials Caselaw Access Project
Guillebeau v. Yeargin 254 Ga. 490 1985 1 civ. pro. (S.J.) Caselaw Access Project
Hamilton v. Caplan 69 Md. App. 566 1987 1 claim against estate Caselaw Access Project
In re Estate of Carter 58 Va. Cir. 555 2002 1 claim against estate Caselaw Access Project
Davis v. Bagley 40 Ga. 181 1869 0 claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hammond v. Myrick 14 Ga. 77 1853 0 claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Whitaker v. Strong 16 Ga. 81 1854 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Johnson v. McComb 49 Ga. 120 1871 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hodges v. Holiday 29 Ga. 696 1860 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project