Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Orgain v. Ramsey 22 Tenn. 580 1842 0 Tennessee
In re Estate of Flint 100 Cal. 391 1893 1 California
1953 Op. Att'y Gen 053–68 (March 24, 1953) 1953 1 United States
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Morris 56 Tenn. 814 1872 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Finis v. Cannon 44 Tenn. 121 1867 0 Tennessee
Balte v. Bedemiller 37 Or. 27 1900 1 Oregon
American Bush v. City of South Salt Lake 140 P.3d 1235 2006 1 Utah
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
McDonald v. City of Chicago 561 U.S. 742 2010 1 United States
Montague v. Allan's Ex'or 78 Va. 592 1884 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Hake v. Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court 52 La. Ann. 103 1899 1 Louisiana
Board of Liquidating Com'rs of Bank v. Dodson 131 La. 44 1912 1 Louisiana
State v. Gainey 135 La. 459 1914 1 Louisiana
Hollingsworth v. Caldwell 193 La. 638 1939 1 Louisiana
Bishop v. Jones & Petty 28 Tex. 294 1866 0 Texas