Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McCoy v. Bevels 155 Tenn. 313 1927 1 Tennessee
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Herbert v. Travelers Indemnity Co. 193 So. 2d 330 1966 1 Louisiana
Frasier v. Littleton's Ex'or 100 Va. 9 1901 1 Virginia
Gough v. Manning 26 Md. 347 1867 0 Maryland
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Caldwell v. Craig 62 Va. 132 1871 1 Virginia
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
W. B. Smith & Co. v. Lowe 16 La. App. 425 1931 1 Louisiana
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Fox v. Curry 96 Mont. 212 1934 1 Montana
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Goodman v. State 122 Ga. 111 1905 1 Georgia
United States v. Ayala 887 F.2d 62 1989 1 United States
Dallas Farm Machinery Co. v. Reaves 158 Tex. 1 1957 1 Texas
Standard Oil Co. v. Reagan 15 Ga. App. 571 1915 1 Georgia
Johnson v. Zimmerman 42 Ind. App. 165 1908 1 Indiana
State v. Mooney 27 W. Va. 546 1886 1 West Virginia
Hermes v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 80 Wis. 590 1891 1 Wisconsin
Gulf Refining Co. v. United States 269 U.S. 125 1925 1 United States