Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lester v. Lester 245 So. 2d 478 1971 1 Louisiana
Phelan v. Wilson 114 La. 813 1905 1 Louisiana
Chaison v. McFaddin 61 Tex. Civ. App. 536 1910 1 Texas
Compton v. Compton 14 Miss. 194 1846 0 Mississippi
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Mississippi
McKiernan v. Massingill 14 Miss. 375 1846 0 Mississippi
Davis v. Calvert 5 G. & J. 269 1833 0 Maryland
Maria v. White 3 D.C. 663 1829 0 United States
Tarlton v. Tippett 2 D.C. 463 1824 0 United States
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 United States
Negro Jack v. Hopewell 6 H. & J. 20 1781 0 Maryland
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Mississippi
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Mississippi
Peytavin v. John B. Camors, Inc. 151 La. 747 1922 1 Louisiana
Fulton v. Fulton 7 La. 73 1844 1 Louisiana
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Mississippi
In re Volkswagen 'Clean Diesel' Litig. 94 Va. Cir. 189, 207 (Cir. Ct. 2016) 2016 1 Virginia
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 United States