Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cantrell v. State 266 Ga. 700 1996 1 Georgia
Douglas v. Newell 719 P.2d 971 1986 1 Wyoming
Black v. Duffie 508 S.W.3d 40 2016 1 Arkansas
Envtl. Sys., Inc. v. Rexham Corp. 624 So. 2d 1379 1993 1 Alabama
Sherrod v. Any Child or Children Hereafter Born to Watson N. Sherrod, Jr. 65 N.C. App. 252 1983 1 North Carolina
Averette v. Jordan 457 So. 2d 691 1984 1 Louisiana
Hutchinson v. Estate of Nunn ex rel. Ozier No. W2004-00578-COA-R3CV, 2004 WL 3048970, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 30, 2004) 2004 1 Tennessee
Robertson v. Garrett 72 Tex. 372 1888 1 Texas
Arias v. Jokers Wild, Inc., 73 Va. Cir. 281 n.85 (2007) 73 Va. Cir. 281 2007 1 Virginia
Thompson v. Tryon 66 Vt. 191 1894 1 Vermont
Hooks v. Mayo 94 N.C. App. 657 1989 1 North Carolina
Frey v. Ramsour 66 N.C. 466 1872 1 North Carolina
Eastman v. Littlefield 164 Ill. 124 1896 1 Illinois
Dunn v. Œttinger Bros. 148 N.C. 276 1908 1 North Carolina
Rush v. McPherson 176 N.C. 562 1918 1 North Carolina
Morningstar v. State 55 Ala. 148 1876 1 Alabama
Matter of the Estate of E. D. Traylor 75 Cal. 189 1888 1 California
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Reynolds 124 N.Y. 388 1891 1 New York
Freeman v. Com No. 0818-13-2, 2014 WL 1707155, at *4, n.9 (Va. Ct. App. Apr. 29, 2014) 2014 1 Virginia
Gardner v. Sovran Bank 16 Va. Cir. 73 1989 1 Virginia