Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Succession of Seals 142 So. 2d 629 1962 1 Louisiana
Kimball & Fink v. Friend's Adm' r 95 Va. 125 1897 1 Virginia
Michie v. Cochran 93 Va. 641 1896 1 Virginia
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Winkler v. Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. Co. 12 W. Va. 699 1878 1 West Virginia
Booth's Ex'r v. Commonwealth 130 Ky. 88 1908 1 Kentucky
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
People v. Reid 195 Cal. 249 1924 1 California
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
County of Calaveras v. Brockway 30 Cal. 325 1866 1 California
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
Lewis v. Tisdale 75 Ark. 321 1905 1 Arkansas
Hope v. Madison 194 La. 337 1940 1 Louisiana
Crawford v. Blackburn 19 Md. 40 1862 0 Maryland
Kalb v. Vega 56 Md. App. 653 1983 1 Maryland