Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Satterfield v. Mayes 30 Tenn. 58 1850 0 Tennessee
Greenfield v. First Commercial Bank 61 Md. App. 420 1985 1 Maryland
Brewster v. Hewes 113 La. 45 1904 1 Louisiana
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Alabama
Johnson v. Johnson 53 Tenn. 240 1871 0 Tennessee
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Dean v. Dean 8 Va. App. 143 1989 1 Virginia
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 Louisiana
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Estate of Heydenfeldt 4 Coffey 510 1895 1 California
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Alabama
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
United States v. Fuentes 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 41836, *13 1994 2 Texas