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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hessmer v. Bad Gov't No. 3:12-CV-590, 2012 WL 3945315, at *9 (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 10, 2012) 2012 1 sec. 1983 action Tennessee
White v. Chapman 119 F. Supp. 3d 420 2015 1 Sec. 1983 action United States
United States v. Costello 666 F.3d 1040 2012 1 sheltering undocumented immigrant United States
Meguerditchian v. Smith 284 P.3d 658 2012 1 sheriff's sale Utah
Kensington Dev. Corp. v. Israel 142 Wis. 2d 894 1988 1 slander of title Wisconsin
Hartley Hill Hunt Club v. Ritchie Cty. Comm'n 220 W. Va. 382 2007 1 statute prohibiting hunting on Sundays West Virginia
Harrison-Solomon v. State 442 Md. 254 2015 1 statutory interp Maryland
Shapiro v. Shapiro 346 Md. 648 1997 1 statutory interp Maryland
In re Volkswagen 'Clean Diesel' Litig. 94 Va. Cir. 189, 207 (Cir. Ct. 2016) 2016 1 stay of litigation Virginia
Darcars Motors of Silver Spring, Inc. v. Borzym 150 Md. App. 18 2003 1 torts Maryland
Carr v. International Refining & Manufacturing Co. 13 So. 3d 947 2009 1 torts Alabama
Carr v. Int'l Ref. & Mfg. Co. 13 So. 3d 947, 962 n.8 (Ala. 2009), subsequent mandamus proceeding sub nom. Ex Parte Int'l Ref. & Mfg. Co., 153 So. 3d 774 (Ala. 2014) 2009 1 Torts Alabama
Lambing v. Southland Corp. 739 S.W.2d 717 1987 1 tort/statute Missouri
Roberts v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. No. 1:99CV75-T, 2000 WL 33422750 (W.D.N.C. Apr. 30, 2000) 2000 1 torts/wrongful death North Carolina
Gardner v. Sovran Bank 16 Va. Cir. 73 1989 1 trust Virginia
Johnson v. Verhaeghe No. 1-13-CV-50-JRN, 2014 WL 12586754, at *6 (W.D. Tex. Mar. 5, 2014) 2014 1 trusts Texas
Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys., Inc. v. Sw. Homes of Arkansas 301 S.W.3d 1 2009 1 trusts Arkansas
Moonridge Court Trust by Hostetler v. Corder No. 2450, Sept.Term, 2014, 2017 WL 1461878, at *7 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. Apr. 25, 2017) 2014 1 trusts Maryland
Fortune v. First Union Nat. Bank 87 N.C. App. 1, 8–9, 359 S.E.2d 801, 806 (1987) 1987 1 trusts North Carolina
Campbell v. Superior Court 132 Cal. App. 4th 904 2005 1 trusts and estates California