Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
Chaney v. Dags Branch Coal Co. No. 2005-CA-001857-WC, 2007 WL 80915, at *4 (Ky. Ct. App. Jan. 12, 2007) 2007 1 Crim. pro. Kentucky
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488, 169 So. 521 (La.1936) 1936 1 Louisiana
Cunningham v. Feinberg 441 Md. 310 2015 1 contracts Maryland
In re Fakiris 50 Misc. 3d 1214(A), 29 N.Y.S.3d 847, 2016 WL 381194, at *3 (N.Y. Sur. 2016) 2016 2 evidence New York
McElwee v. McElwee 911 S.W.2d 182 1995 1 divorce, property division Texas
Luquis v. State 72 S.W.3d 355 2002 1 murder, sentencing Texas
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 mail fraud
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Manguno v. City of New Orleans 155 So. 41 1934 1 Louisiana
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
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
Atl. Richfield Co. v. State ex rel. Wildlife Conservation Comm'n In & For State 659 P.2d 930 1983 1 property Oklahoma
New Med. Horizons II, Ltd. v. Jacobson 317 S.W.3d 421 2010 1 enforcement of arbitral award Texas