Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Alabama
State v. Gainey 135 La. 459 1914 1 Louisiana
Board of Liquidating Com'rs of Bank v. Dodson 131 La. 44 1912 1 Louisiana
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Hake v. Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court 52 La. Ann. 103 1899 1 Louisiana
Montague v. Allan's Ex'or 78 Va. 592 1884 1 Virginia
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
Brewster v. Hewes 113 La. 45 1904 1 Louisiana
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
McDonald v. City of Chicago 561 U.S. 742 2010 1 United States
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
People ex rel. Davis v. Middleton 14 Cal. 540 1860 1 California
American Bush v. City of South Salt Lake 140 P.3d 1235 2006 1 Utah
Balte v. Bedemiller 37 Or. 27 1900 1 Oregon
Cecil v. Rose 14 Md. 64 1859 0 Maryland
Finis v. Cannon 44 Tenn. 121 1867 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee