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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Freerks v. Nurnberg 33 N.D. 587 1916 1 North Dakota
McAleenan v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance 232 N.Y. 199 1921 1 New York
Howard v. McCarson 215 Ala. 251 1926 1 Alabama
In re the Estate of Gilman 251 N.Y. 265 1929 1 New York
J. P. Armstrong v. Adams 102 Cal. App. 677 1929 1 California
Hamilton v. Burgess 27 Ala. App. 272 1936 1 Alabama
Dunham v. Dunham 162 Ill. 589 1896 1 Illinois
Gimbel v. Waldman 193 Misc. 758 1943 1 New York
Bessemer Theatres, Inc. v. City of Bessemer 261 Ala. 632 1954 1 Alabama
Floro v. Lawton 187 Cal. App. 2d 657 1960 1 California
Herston v. Whitesell 348 So. 2d 1054 1977 1 Alabama
Woodruff v. Tomlin 593 F.2d 33 1979 1 United States
Reese v. Danforth 486 Pa. 479 1979 1 Pennsylvania
Kriewitz ex rel. Kriewitz v. Savoy Heating & Air Conditioning Co. 396 So. 2d 49 1981 1 Alabama
Hoyer v. Frazee 30 Pa. D. & C.3d 519 1981 1 Pennsylvania
Malloy v. Sullivan 415 So. 2d 1059 1982 1 Alabama
Ott v. Smith 413 So. 2d 1129 1982 1 Alabama
Buchanan v. Young 534 So. 2d 263 1988 1 Alabama
Herring v. Parkman 631 So. 2d 996 1994 1 Alabama
Simko v. Blake 448 Mich. 648 1995 1 Michigan