Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488, 169 So. 521 (La.1936) 1936 1 Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Norred v. City of Shreveport 90 So. 2d 571 1956 1 Louisiana
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Manguno v. City of New Orleans 155 So. 41 1934 1 Louisiana
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Mitchell v. Mims 8 Tex. 6 1852 0 Action to recover for hiring of slaves Texas
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Jackson-Hinds Bank v. Davis 244 So. 2d 633 1971 1 Louisiana