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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Day v. Walton 199 Tenn. 10 1955 1 Tennessee
Suchovolsky v. Pearlstein 9 Mass. App. Dec. 52 1955 1 Massachusetts
Jones v. Thomas 41 Tenn. App. 503 1955 1 Tennessee
Grossman v. Levy's 81 So. 2d 752 1955 1 Florida
Wyatt v. Brown 39 Tenn. App. 28 1955 1 Tennessee
Craddock v. Calcutt 39 Tenn. App. 481 1955 1 Tennessee
Kahn v. Kahn 78 So. 2d 367 1955 1 Florida
City of New Orleans v. Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 229 La. 246 1955 1 Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 85 So. 2d 503 1955 1 Louisiana
Moore v. Berry 40 Tenn. App. 1 1955 1 Tennessee
Hale v. State 198 Tenn. 461 1955 1 Tennessee
Turner v. Bell 198 Tenn. 232 1955 1 Tennessee
King v. Clinchfield Railroad 131 F. Supp. 218 1955 1 United States
Hewgley v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. 39 Tenn. App. 553 1955 1 Tennessee
Barnes v. Davitt 160 Neb. 595 1955 1 Nebraska
Avalos v. Slape 278 S.W.2d 442 1955 1 Texas
Rogers v. Broughton 277 S.W.2d 121 1955 1 Texas
Shirley v. State 198 Tenn. 378 1955 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Cole 276 S.W.2d 369 1955 1 Texas
Bernice Myers Sharp v. Shelby Edward Sharp 78 So. 2d 491 1955 1 Louisiana