Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Noe v. Card 14 Cal. 576 1860 1 California
Norfolk & Petersburg R. R. v. Ormsby 68 Va. 455 1876 1 Virginia
Barnes v. White 32 Tenn. 442 1852 0 Tennessee
Jane v. Hagen 29 Tenn. 332 1849 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Vick 29 Tenn. 285 1849 0 Tennessee
United States v. Lechuga 888 F.2d 1472 1989 1 United States
First Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Vicksburg v. Drexler 171 So. 151 1936 1 Louisiana
Freehling v. Suerich Enters., Inc. (In re Flanzbaum) 10 B.R. 420 1981 1 United States
Albreast v. Heaton 276 Ala. 185 1964 1 Alabama
Lambert v. Bond 234 La. 1092 1958 1 Louisiana
Hamm v. Hamm 437 S.W.2d 449 1969 1 Missouri
Henderson County v. Smyth 216 N.C. 421 1939 1 North Carolina
Jackson v. Carter 128 S.C. 79 1924 1 South Carolina
Gillilan v. Ludington 6 W. Va. 128 1873 1 West Virginia
Tracy v. Cloyd 10 W. Va. 19 1877 1 West Virginia
Clay v. Alderson's Admr. 10 W. Va. 49 1877 1 West Virginia
Tompkins' Ex'r v. Stephens 10 W. Va. 156 1877 1 West Virginia
Miller v. Insurance Co. 12 W. Va. 116 1877 1 West Virginia
Irwin v. Burnett 25 Tenn. 342 1845 0 Tennessee