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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
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
Bear Ranch, LLC v. HeartBrand Beef, Inc. No. 6:12-CV-00014, 2013 WL 6190253, at *4 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 26, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
In re Estate of Willich No. 12-06-00409-CV, 2007 WL 4465235, at *6 (Tex. App. Dec. 21, 2007) 2007 2 Texas
United States v. Fuentes 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 41836, *13 1994 2 Texas
Timber Integrated Investments 234 N.C. App. 667, 763 S.E.2d 17 (2014) 2014 2 North Carolina
People v. Hyung Joon Kim 45 Cal. 4th 1078 2009 2 California
Hernandez v. State No. 05-11-01300-CR, 2013 WL 1282260, at *3 (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2013) 2013 2 Texas
Commercial Painting Co., Inc. v. The Weitz Co., LLC No. W201301989COAR3CV, 2016 WL 3519015, at *10 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 20, 2016) 2016 2 Tennessee
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 Tennessee
United States v. Lafleur 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 38992, *6 1993 2 La.
Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. 797 S.E.2d 264, 269 (N.C.) 2017 2 North Carolina
Wilshire Villa Ass'n v. Strauss 39 F.3d 320 (5th Cir. 1994) 1994 2 5th Cir
Barnett v. State No. 06-09-00089-CR, 2010 WL 1986468, at *3 n.1 (Tex. App. May 19, 2010) 2010 2 Texas
State v. Aguilar No. 13-07-332-CR, 2008 WL 5717811, at *9 n.20 (Tex. App. Nov. 6, 2008), vacated, No. PD-059-09, 2009 WL 636534 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 11, 2009) 2008 2 Texas
Vang v. Barney 480 S.W.3d 473 2016 2 Missouri
Corbin v. State 585 So. 2d 713 1991 2 Mississippi