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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 Maryland
Newsom Administrator v. Thompson 24 N.C. 277 1842 0 North Carolina
Crawford v. Shaver 37 N.C. 238 1842 0 North Carolina
Crabtree's Administrators v. Crabtree 5 Ark. 638 1844 0 Arkansas
Patterson v. Powell 15 Ala. 205 1849 0 Alabama
Wheeler v. Rodriguez 13 La. App. 97 1930 1 Louisiana
McVay v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. 148 So. 67 1933 1 Louisiana
Martin v. Carroll 59 So. 2d 158 1952 1 Louisiana
Parr v. Rogers 71 So. 2d 659 1954 1 Louisiana
State v. Brewer 22 La. Ann. 273 1870 1 Louisiana
Territory v. McPherson 6 Dakota 27 1888 1 Dakota Territory
State ex rel. Power v. Power 5 S.D. 627 1894 1 South Dakota
State v. White 49 La. Ann. 127 1896 1 Louisiana
Washington Bank & Trust Co. v. Cowan-Kerr Lumber Co. 155 La. 1076 1924 1 Louisiana
People v. Stephens 51 How. Pr. 235 1876 1 New York
Vance v. Sentell 178 La. 749 1933 1 Louisiana
Vance v. Sentell 152 So. 513 1933 1 Louisiana
Warnock v. Warnock 36 Cal. App. 2d 464 1940 1 California
Peck v. Vandenberg 30 Cal. 11 1866 1 California
Succession of Toledano 42 La. 914 1890 1 Louisiana