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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
United States v. Fuentes 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 41836, *13 1994 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
In re Estate of Willich No. 12-06-00409-CV, 2007 WL 4465235, at *6 (Tex. App. Dec. 21, 2007) 2007 2 Texas
Estate of Mcvey v. Dep't of Revenue 480 S.W.3d 233 2015 2 Kentucky
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. Surtain, No. 11-30525 No. 11-30525, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 6038, at *25-26 (5th Cir. Mar. 26, 2013) 2013 2
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 Tennessee
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
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 La.
Bartee v. Vitocruz 288 Va. 106, 112, 758 S.E.2d 549, 551 (2014) 2014 2 Virginia
Veolia Water N. Am. Operating Servs. LLC v. City of Atlanta No. CIV.A. 1:06-CV-1457T, 2007 WL 624361, at *3 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 22, 2007) 2007 2 Georgia
Adeduntan v. Hosp. Auth. of Clarke Cty. No. 3:04-CV-65 (CDL), 2006 WL 1934872, at *5 (M.D. Ga. July 11, 2006) 2006 2 Georgia
Station #2, LLC v. Lynch 79 Va. 196 2010 2 Virginia
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
State v. Board of School Commissioners 183 Ala. 554 1913 1 Alabama
Thompson v. State 28 Ala. 12 1856 1 Alabama
Collins v. State 152 Ala. 90 1907 1 Alabama
Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Jones 167 So. 511 1936 1 Louisiana
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Compass Bank v. Richerson 724 So. 2d 14 1998 1 Alabama