Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Murray v. Laird 446 So. 2d 575 1984 1 Mississippi
Powers v. Scharling 64 Kan. 339 1902 1 Kansas
In re Estate of Schroeder 46 Cal. 304 1873 1 California
Mizener v. Bradbury 128 Cal. 340 1900 1 California
Caldwell v. Craig 62 Va. 132 1871 1 Virginia
Polomski v. Mayor of Baltimore 344 Md. 70 1996 1 Maryland
Beers v. McConnell 21 N.J. 50 1956 1 New Jersey
Harrison-Solomon v. State 442 Md. 254 2015 1 Maryland
Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc. 546 S.W.2d 228 1976 1 Tennessee
Pullen v. Hopkins 69 Tenn. 741 1878 1 Tennessee
Creager v. State 952 S.W.2d 852 1997 1 Texas
Oursbourn v. State 259 S.W.3d 159 2008 1 Texas
Buckles v. Kennedy Coal Corp. 134 Va. 1 1922 1 Virginia
ODonnell v. Harris County 251 F. Supp. 3d 1052 2017 1 United States
Eddy, Fenner & Co. v. Caldwell 7 Minn. 225 1862 1 Minnesota
McCoy v. Bevels 155 Tenn. 313 1927 1 Tennessee
Office of Pub. Def. v. State 413 Md. 411 2010 1 Maryland
McQuilken v. Central Pacific Railroad 50 Cal. 7 1875 1 California
O'Moore v. Driscoll 135 Cal. App. 770 1933 1 California
Hilb v. Peyton 63 Va. 550 1872 1 Virginia