Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
Cohen v. Parish 105 Ga. 339 1898 1 Georgia
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Hume 121 Ala. 168 1898 1 Alabama
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Kitchens v. State 300 So. 2d 922 1974 1 Mississippi