Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
People ex rel. Davis v. Middleton 14 Cal. 540 1860 1 California
Brewster v. Hewes 113 La. 45 1904 1 Louisiana
Swartzwelder v. Freeport Coal Co. 131 W. Va. 276 1948 1 West Virginia
State v. Johnson 176 La. 371 1933 1 Louisiana
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
Newby v. Enron Corp. 610 F. Supp. 2d 600 2009 1 United States
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Brodack v. Morsbach 38 Wash. 72 1905 1 Washington
In re Estates of Beisel 110 Cal. 267 1895 1 California
Williams v. Hartford Ins. Co. 54 Cal. 442 1880 1 California
Krebs v. State 8 Tex. Ct. App. 1 1880 1 Texas
Gilbert v. Decker 53 Conn. 401 1885 1 Connecticut
Goodman v. State 122 Ga. 111 1905 1 Georgia
Hermes v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 80 Wis. 590 1891 1 Wisconsin
Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Hume 121 Ala. 168 1898 1 Alabama
Ragsdale v. Hagy 50 Va. 409 1852 1 Virginia
Creech v. Errington 207 La. 615 1945 1 Louisiana
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
Pugh v. Powell 8 Sadler 515 1887 1 Pennsylvania