Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Harrison's Administrator v. Raines's Administratrix 19 Va. 456 1818 1 Virginia
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Hilb v. Peyton 63 Va. 550 1872 1 Virginia
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
United States v. Ayala 887 F.2d 62 1989 1 United States
Gibson v. Belcher 287 S.C. 315 1985 1 South Carolina
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
Creech v. Errington 207 La. 615 1945 1 Louisiana
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
Dean v. Dean 8 Va. App. 143 1989 1 Virginia
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 Louisiana
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
People v. Defoor 100 Cal. 150 1893 1 California
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