Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Howard v. Howard 112 Va. 566 1911 1 Virginia
Burwell v. Cawood 43 U.S. 560 1844 1 United States
Harris v. Parker 41 Ala. 604 1868 0 Alabama
Heth's Executor v. Wooldridge's Executor 27 Va. 605 1828 1 Virginia
Meze v. Mayse 27 Va. 658 1828 1 Virginia
Payne v. Graves 32 Va. 561 1834 1 Virginia
Johnston v. Glancy 4 Blackf. 94 1835 1 Indiana
Cravens v. Gillilan 63 Mo. 28 1876 1 Missouri
State v. Williamson 206 N.C. App. 599 2010 1 North Carolina
State v. Herrera 2014-NMCA-003 2013 1 New Mexico
Brooks v. Worthington 206 Va. 352 1965 1 Virginia
Ainger v. Michigan General Corp. 476 F. Supp. 1209 1979 1 United States
Patton v. Ashley 8 Ark. 290 1848 1 Arkansas
Sims v. McEwen's Adm'r 27 Ala. 184 1855 1 Alabama
Danforth v. Laney 28 Ala. 274 1856 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Shields v. Trammell 19 Ark. 51 1857 1 Arkansas
Cheney v. Cook 7 Wis. 413 1859 1 Wisconsin
Hoover v. Calhoun 57 Va. 109 1860 1 Virginia
Green v. Drummond 31 Md. 71 1869 1 Maryland