Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Biscoe v. Royston 18 Ark. 508 1857 0 Arkansas
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Burwell's Ex'or v. Lumsden 65 Va. 443 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mead v. Jones 65 Va. 347 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Durrett v. Davis 65 Va. 302 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Puryear v. Cabell 65 Va. 260 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Staples v. Staples 65 Va. 225 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Buck v. Wroten 65 Va. 250 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Alabama
Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Dudek 19 So. 3d 20 2009 1 Louisiana
Billings v. Wichita State Univ. 557 F. Supp. 1348 1983 1 United States
Welch v. Commonwealth No. 3152-03-4, 2005 Va. App. LEXIS 540, at *4 (Ct. App. Oct. 18, 2005) 2005 1 Virginia
Ex parte Lewis 219 S.W.3d 335 2007 1 Texas
State v. Mulkey 73 Md. App. 501 1988 1 Maryland
State v. Santamaria 157 A.3d 409, 411 (N.H. 2017) 2017 1 New Hampshire
Rives v. Farish's Adm'r 65 Va. 125 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Moss v. Moorman's Adm'r 65 Va. 97 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Johns v. Scoot 64 Va. 704 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pickard v. Pickard 176 N.C. App. 193 2006 1 North Carolina