Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Deacons 109 N.Y. 374 1888 1 New York
American Lead Pencil Co. v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 124 Tenn. 57 1910 1 Tennessee
Clayton v. Haury 224 Tenn. 222 1970 1 Tennessee
Boro v. Hidell 122 Tenn. 80 1909 1 Tennessee
Heiskell v. Powell 23 W. Va. 717 1884 1 West Virginia
Hart v. Knox County 79 F. Supp. 654 1948 1 United States
Consumer Lease Network, Inc. v. Puckett (In re Puckett) 60 B.R. 223 1986 1 United States
Martin v. Smith 16 F. Cas. 896 1870 1 United States
Fuller v. Montague 59 F. 212 1893 1 United States
Tennessee Enamel Mfg. Co. v. Stoves, Inc. 192 F.2d 863 1951 1 United States
Cooper v. Saunders 11 Va. 409 1807 1 Virginia
Hite's Heirs v. Wilson 12 Va. 268 1808 1 Virginia
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Orem v. Campbell 175 Ky. 210 1917 1 Kentucky
Crespo v. Viola 152 La. 1088 1922 1 Louisiana
Merritt v. Clow 2 Tex. 582 1847 1 Texas
Doe ex dem. Reynolds v. Ingersoll 19 Miss. 249 1848 1 Mississippi
Bright v. Ross 19 Miss. 289 1848 1 Mississippi
Derwort v. Loomer 21 Conn. 245 1851 1 Connecticut
State ex rel. Perez v. Wall 41 Fla. 463 1899 1 Florida