Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
Petticrew v. Greenshields 61 Wash. 614 1911 1 Washington
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
King v. State 580 So. 2d 1182 1991 1 Mississippi
Brodack v. Morsbach 38 Wash. 72 1905 1 Washington
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
State v. Johnson 145 So. 773 1933 1 Louisiana
Estate of Charania v. Shulman 608 F.3d 67 2010 1 United States
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Alabama
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Newby v. Enron Corp. 610 F. Supp. 2d 600 2009 1 United States
Wheat v. Croom 7 Ala. 349 1845 0 Alabama
Estate of Heydenfeldt 4 Coffey 510 1895 1 California
Milly v. Harrison 47 Tenn. 191 1869 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California