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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Estela v. Heirs of Medraño 51 P.R. 531 1937 1 Puerto Rico
O'Connor v. Harris 81 N.C. 279 1879 1 North Carolina
Ankeny v. Governor of the State 916 N.E.2d 678 2009 1 Indiana
Helms v. Austin 116 N.C. 751 1895 1 North Carolina
Committee to Recall Menendez v. Wells 204 N.J. 79 2010 1 New Jersey
In re the Personal Restraint of Coats 173 Wash. 2d 123 2011 1 Washington
Fletcher v. State 474 S.W.3d 389 2015 1 Texas
Tarlton v. Griggs 131 N.C. 216 1902 1 North Carolina
SECSYS, LLC v. Vigil 666 F.3d 678 2012 1 United States
State v. Morris 215 N.C. 552 1939 1 North Carolina
In re Hooker 87 So. 3d 401 2012 1 Mississippi
Estela v. Sucesión de Medraño 51 P.R. Dec. 548 1937 1 Puerto Rico
Fletcher v. Haas 851 F. Supp. 2d 287 2012 1 United States
In re Rousos 119 N.Y.S. 34 1909 1 New York
Peterson v. Martinez 707 F.3d 1197 2013 1 United States
Sucesión de Jesús v. Sucesión de Castro 62 P.R. Dec. 580 1943 1 Puerto Rico
State v. Baldon 829 N.W.2d 785 2013 1 Iowa
Alberts v. HCA, Inc. 496 B.R. 1 2013 1 United States
Brown v. Buhman 947 F. Supp. 2d 1170 2013 1 United States
Heirs of de Jesús v. Heirs of Castro 62 P.R. 556 1943 1 Puerto Rico