Involving slavery All cases Reference cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Short Name Citation Summary Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction Link
State v. Chulpayev 296 Ga. 764 2015 1 acceptance of common law Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wyche v. Greene 11 Ga. 159 1852 1 Action for repayment to loan slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 This case about possession of an enslaved person ended up in Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia because of a dispute over technical rules procedural rules related to the collection of evidence. 1850 1 Action of detinue Virginia 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. Alabama  
Baker v. State 71 So. 3d 802 2011 1 Admissability of confession Florida Caselaw Access Project
Brown v. Seal 179 S.W.3d 481 2005 1 adverse possession Tennessee 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 Texas  
Redi-Floors, Inc. v. Sonenberg Co. 254 Ga. App. 615 2002 1 agency Georgia 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
Kane v. Cohen 182 Ga. App. 485 1987 1 appeals/jury Georgia Caselaw Access Project
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Townsend 793 F.3d 771 2015 1 appellate procedure United States Caselaw Access Project
Johnson v. North Carolina Dep't of Cultural Res. 223 N.C. App. 47 2012 1 bailments North Carolina 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 United States Caselaw Access Project
In re Crabtree 39 B.R. 713 1984 1 bankruptcy; validity of gift United States 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 Texas  
Teleglobe Communs. Corp. v. BCE, Inc. (In re Teleglobe Communs. Corp.) 493 F.3d 345 2007 1 breach of contract etc. United States 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  
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  
In re Cannon 277 F.3d 838 2002 1 breach of trustee's duty United States Caselaw Access Project