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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Heinz v. Tourne 18 So. 2d 46 1944 1 Louisiana
Jones v. Robertson 116 Ill. 543 1886 1 Illinois
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Smith 91 F. 483 1899 1 United States
Veith v. Meyer 166 La. 453 1928 1 Louisiana
Johnston v. Burton 202 La. 152 1942 1 Louisiana
Johnston v. Burton 11 So. 2d 513 1942 1 Louisiana
Gomila v. Wilcombe 151 F. 470 1907 1 United States
Knighten v. American Automobile Insurance 121 So. 2d 344 1960 1 Louisiana
Hibernia Bank & Trust Co. v. Whitney 130 La. 817 1912 1 Louisiana
Fortier v. Barry 111 La. 776 1904 1 Louisiana
Holton v. Curtis 403 So. 2d 56 1981 1 Louisiana
Shearman v. Niagara Fire Insurance 32 N.Y. Super. Ct. 470 1870 1 New York
Savage v. Howard Insurance 52 N.Y. 502 1873 1 New York
Philadelphia Fire Insurance v. Central National Bank 1 Ill. App. 344 1878 1 Illinois
Brink v. Hanover Fire Insurance 80 N.Y. 108 1880 1 New York
Barry v. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance 53 N.Y. Super. Ct. 249 1886 1 New York
Harms v. Entelman 21 Ga. App. 295 1917 1 Georgia
Pennywell v. Bauman 17 La. App. 301 1931 1 Louisiana
Wright v. Bircher's Executor 72 Mo. 179 1880 1 Missouri
Richardson v. Washington & Costley Bros. 88 Tex. 339 1895 1 Texas