Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patterson v. First National Bank 261 Ala. 601 1954 1 Alabama
Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Theard 225 La. 98 1954 1 Louisiana
Hawkins v. Sanders 260 Ala. 585 1954 1 Alabama
Smith v. State 261 Ala. 270 1954 1 Alabama
Edwards v. Peresich 221 Miss. 788 1954 1 Mississippi
Marquette v. Hathaway 76 So. 2d 648 1954 1 Florida
Mills v. Bonin 239 N.C. 498 1954 1 North Carolina
Humphreys v. Humphreys 39 Tenn. App. 99 1954 1 Tennessee
In re the Estate of Bulis 240 N.C. 529 1954 1 North Carolina
Swindoll v. Jones 41 Tenn. App. 89 1954 1 Tennessee
Cantrell v. Burgess 222 Miss. 494 1954 1 Mississippi
Dyke v. Dyke 122 F. Supp. 529 1954 1 United States
Morrell v. Building Management, Inc. 241 N.C. 264 1954 1 North Carolina
D'Avy v. Briley 72 So. 2d 758 1954 1 Louisiana
Jackson v. State ex rel. Handy 221 Miss. 481 1954 1 Mississippi
Rylee v. Abernathy 210 Ga. 673 1954 1 Georgia
State v. Hart 239 N.C. 709 1954 1 North Carolina
Herman v. Edington 331 Mass. 310 1954 1 Massachusetts
Williams v. Kitchens 261 Ala. 340 1954 1 Alabama
Bessemer Theatres, Inc. v. City of Bessemer 261 Ala. 632 1954 1 Alabama