Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State v. Sterling 20 Md. 502 1864 0 Maryland
Carolina Agency Co. v. Garlington 85 S.C. 114 1910 1 South Carolina
Jackson State Nat. Bank v. Merchants' Bank & Trust Co. 177 La. 975 1933 1 Louisiana
Thompson v. Webb 91 So. 2d 45 1956 1 Louisiana
Swartzwelder v. Freeport Coal Co. 131 W. Va. 276 1948 1 West Virginia
Bear Ranch, LLC v. HeartBrand Beef, Inc. No. 6:12-CV-00014, 2013 WL 6190253, at *4 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 26, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
State v. Maddox 154 La. 547 1923 1 Louisiana
State v. Johnson 176 La. 371 1933 1 Louisiana
People v. Rodriguez 10 Cal. 50 1858 1 California
McKee's Administrators v. McKee's Administrators 16 Md. 516 1861 0 Maryland
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Delaware
Machen v. Machen 15 Ala. 373 1849 0 Alabama
People v. Defoor 100 Cal. 150 1893 1 California
Crawford v. Blackburn 19 Md. 40 1862 0 Maryland
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
County of Calaveras v. Brockway 30 Cal. 325 1866 1 California
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Milly v. Harrison 47 Tenn. 191 1869 0 Tennessee