Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brenner v. Plitt 182 Md. 348 1943 1 Maryland
Hunt v. Sherrill 195 Miss. 688 1943 1 Mississippi
Perkins v. Eskridge 278 Md. 619 1976 1 Maryland
Howard v. Carpenter 22 Md. 249 1864 1 Maryland
Mason v. Johnson 47 Md. 347 1877 1 Maryland
Thomas v. Higgins 47 Md. 439 1878 1 Maryland
Clarke v. Smith 49 Md. 106 1878 1 Maryland
McCarty v. Straus 21 La. Ann. 592 1869 1 Louisiana
Patmore v. MacKecknie 141 Cal. App. 2d 416 1956 1 California
McClenney vs. McClenney 3 Tex. 192 1848 1 Texas
Mills v. Ashe 16 Tex. 295 1856 1 Texas
Wareham v. Wareham 195 Cal. App. 2d 64 1961 1 California
Fowler v. Stoneum 11 Tex. 478 1854 1 Texas
Turner v. Smith 11 Tex. 620 1854 1 Texas
Manuel v. Kretschmer 232 Cal. App. 2d 789 1965 1 California
Nix v. State 13 Tex. 575 1855 1 Texas
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 Tennessee
Bartee v. Vitocruz 288 Va. 106, 112, 758 S.E.2d 549, 551 (2014) 2014 2 Virginia
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 La.
United States v. Surtain, No. 11-30525 No. 11-30525, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 6038, at *25-26 (5th Cir. Mar. 26, 2013) 2013 2