Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Scott v. State 878 So. 2d 933 2004 1 Mississippi
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Dean v. Dean 8 Va. App. 143 1989 1 Virginia
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 Louisiana
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Estate of Heydenfeldt 4 Coffey 510 1895 1 California
Succession of Seals 142 So. 2d 629 1962 1 Louisiana
Polomski v. Mayor of Baltimore 344 Md. 70 1996 1 Maryland
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Francis v. Grant 80 Ky. 190 1881 1 Kentucky
State v. Eubanks 239 Ga. 483 1977 1 Georgia
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
Buckles v. Kennedy Coal Corp. 134 Va. 1 1922 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 162 So. 826 1935 1 Louisiana
King v. Davis 137 F. 198 1903 1 United States