Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Alabama
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Alabama
Chester v. Greer 24 Tenn. 26 1844 0 Tennessee
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Pelican Well Tool & Supply Co. v. Sebastian 31 So. 2d 745 1947 1 Louisiana
Blair v. Arrant 130 So. 2d 457 1961 1 Louisiana
Keen v. Butterworth 185 So. 37 1938 1 Louisiana
Buillard v. Davis 185 La. 255 1936 1 Louisiana
Buillard v. Davis 169 So. 78 1936 1 Louisiana
Scruggs & Lindsay v. Orme 46 Ala. 533 1871 0 Alabama
Key v. Salley 43 So. 2d 498 1949 1 Louisiana
Key v. Salley 218 La. 922 1951 1 Louisiana
Key v. Salley 51 So. 2d 390 1951 1 Louisiana
Hammond v. Gibbs 176 So. 2d 465 1965 1 Louisiana
Clay v. United States 66 F. Supp. 99 1946 1 United States
Succession of Jenkins v. Leonard 87 So. 3d 230 2012 1 Louisiana
Keel v. Sutherlin 130 La. 182 1912 1 Louisiana
Baylor v. McGregor 1 Stew. & P. 158 1831 0 Alabama
Costello v. Wyoming 49 Ohio St. 202 1892 1 Ohio