Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
City of Bessemer v. Whaley 187 Ala. 525 1914 1 Alabama
Ratliff v. City of Bessemer 17 Ala. App. 632 1920 1 Alabama
Tzatzken v. City of Detroit 226 Mich. 603 1924 1 Michigan
Scales v. City of Winston-Salem 189 N.C. 469 1925 1 North Carolina
Hillman v. City of Anniston 214 Ala. 522 1926 1 Alabama