Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Dean v. Dean 8 Va. App. 143 1989 1 Virginia
State v. Johnson 176 La. 371 1933 1 Louisiana
State v. Maddox 154 La. 547 1923 1 Louisiana
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
Bear Ranch, LLC v. HeartBrand Beef, Inc. No. 6:12-CV-00014, 2013 WL 6190253, at *4 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 26, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
Swartzwelder v. Freeport Coal Co. 131 W. Va. 276 1948 1 West Virginia
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Webb 91 So. 2d 45 1956 1 Louisiana
Jackson State Nat. Bank v. Merchants' Bank & Trust Co. 177 La. 975 1933 1 Louisiana
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Alabama
Carolina Agency Co. v. Garlington 85 S.C. 114 1910 1 South Carolina
State v. Sterling 20 Md. 502 1864 0 Maryland
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Johnson 53 Tenn. 240 1871 0 Tennessee
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana