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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
R. F. Mestayer Lumber Co. v. Cusack 141 So. 2d 166 1962 1 Louisiana
Butler v. Morgan 590 S.W.2d 543 1979 1 Texas
Toler v. Harbour 589 S.W.2d 529 1979 1 Texas
Smith v. Smith 657 S.W.2d 457 1983 1 Texas
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Medina 814 S.W.2d 71 1991 1 Texas
Sadler v. Duvall 815 S.W.2d 285 1991 1 Texas
Bowman v. Puckett 185 S.W.2d 228 1944 1 Texas
Dabney v. Thomas 596 S.W.2d 561 1980 1 Texas
Howard v. State 667 S.W.2d 524 1984 1 Texas
Stafford v. Sumrall 21 So. 2d 83 1945 1 Louisiana
State v. Hornbuckle 746 S.W.2d 580 1988 1 Missouri
Whitworth v. Hutchison 731 S.W.2d 915 1986 1 Tennessee
Hodges v. S.C. Toof & Co. 833 S.W.2d 896 1992 1 Tennessee
Bass v. Bass 774 S.W.2d 170 1987 1 Tennessee
State v. Hurley 876 S.W.2d 57 1993 1 Tennessee
Hicks v. Boshears 846 S.W.2d 812 1993 1 Tennessee
Busby v. Gray 616 S.W.2d 284 1981 1 Texas
Snow v. Jupiter Oil Co. 802 S.W.2d 354 1990 1 Texas
Martinez v. State 742 S.W.2d 687 1987 1 Texas
In re the Marriage of York 613 S.W.2d 764 1981 1 Texas