Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Black's Administrator v. Thomas 21 W. Va. 709 1883 1 West Virginia
Baker Bank & Trust Co. v. Chausse 393 So. 2d 261 1980 1 Louisiana
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Bisso 179 La. 56 1934 1 Louisiana
Gabbert v. Gabbert 217 Ala. 599 1928 1 Alabama
Orgain v. Ramsey 22 Tenn. 580 1842 0 Tennessee
In re Estate of Flint 100 Cal. 391 1893 1 California
1953 Op. Att'y Gen 053–68 (March 24, 1953) 1953 1 United States
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Morris 56 Tenn. 814 1872 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Finis v. Cannon 44 Tenn. 121 1867 0 Tennessee
Balte v. Bedemiller 37 Or. 27 1900 1 Oregon
American Bush v. City of South Salt Lake 140 P.3d 1235 2006 1 Utah
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
McDonald v. City of Chicago 561 U.S. 742 2010 1 United States
Montague v. Allan's Ex'or 78 Va. 592 1884 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Hake v. Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court 52 La. Ann. 103 1899 1 Louisiana