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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cain v. Williams 16 Nev. 426 1882 1 Nevada
Mowry v. Harris 18 R.I. 519 1894 1 Rhode Island
Coulter v. Great Northern Railway Co. 5 N.D. 568 1896 1 North Dakota
Yett v. Cook 268 S.W. 715 1925 1 Texas
Houtchens v. Mercer 29 S.W.2d 1031 1930 1 Texas
Montgomery v. Culton 23 Tex. 156 1859 1 Texas
McGonigal v. Colter 32 Wis. 614 1873 1 Wisconsin
Johnson v. Granger 51 Tex. 42 1879 1 Texas
Int. & G. N. R'y Co. v. Ormond 62 Tex. 274 1884 1 Texas
Chitty v. Gillett 46 Okla. 724 1915 1 Oklahoma
Newsom v. Couch 262 S.W. 155 1924 1 Texas
Chandler v. Welborn 282 S.W.2d 940 1955 1 Texas
Myers v. United States 272 U.S. 52 1926 1 United States
Ex parte Young 209 U.S. 123 1908 1 United States
Vesely v. Sager 5 Cal. 3d 153 1971 1 dram shop liability California
Hess v. Whitsitt 257 Cal. App. 2d 552 1967 1 family law California
Manuel v. Kretschmer 232 Cal. App. 2d 789 1965 1 trusts and estates California
Keene v. Keene 57 Cal. 2d 657 1962 1 family law California
Rozan v. Rozan 49 Cal. 2d 322 1957 1 family law California
Patmore v. MacKecknie 141 Cal. App. 2d 416 1956 1 trusts and estates California