Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Stone v. Wilson 51 Va. 529 1853 1 Virginia
Kitchens v. State 300 So. 2d 922 1974 1 Mississippi
Frasier v. Littleton's Ex'or 100 Va. 9 1901 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Cassels Co. 180 Ga. 349 1935 1 Georgia
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488, 169 So. 521 (La.1936) 1936 1 Louisiana
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
Ragsdale v. Hagy 50 Va. 409 1852 1 Virginia
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 1 Alabama
Hendricks v. Stark 99 Fla. 277 1930 1 Florida
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
State v. Eubanks 239 Ga. 483 1977 1 Georgia