Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Joyner v. Williams 197 La. 43 1941 1 Louisiana
Joyner v. Williams 200 So. 815 1941 1 Louisiana
Levin v. Missouri Pac. R. 2 So. 2d 99 1941 1 Louisiana
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Meeks v. Vassault 16 F. Cas. 1314 1874 1 United States
Mills v. Brown (In re Brown) 182 B.R. 778 1995 1 United States
Turner v. Sawyer 150 U.S. 578 1893 1 United States
Conrad v. Griffey 57 U.S. 38 1853 1 United States
Rutherford County v. Wilson 121 S.W.3d 591 2003 1 Tennessee
State v. Samuel 243 S.W.3d 592 2007 1 Tennessee
Lusby v. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad 73 Miss. 360 1895 1 Mississippi
United States v. Hammond 26 F. Cas. 99 1875 1 United States
Cooper v. Maddox 34 Tenn. 135 1854 1 Tennessee
Jones v. Thomas 45 Tenn. 465 1868 1 Tennessee
Upton v. Wimbrow 148 Ark. 408 1921 1 Arkansas
Pennel v. State 122 Tenn. 622 1909 1 Tennessee
Denny v. Steakly 49 Tenn. 156 1870 1 Tennessee
Clark & Clark v. Pinney 7 Cow. 681 1827 1 New York
Smith v. Steen 20 N.M. 436 1915 1 New Mexico
Wood v. Boynton 64 Wis. 265 1885 1 Wisconsin