Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
Harrison's Administrator v. Raines's Administratrix 19 Va. 456 1818 1 Virginia
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
In re Estate of Jameson No. A-2154-14T4, 2016 WL 4249142, at *4 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Aug. 12, 2016) 2016 1 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Cohen v. Parish 105 Ga. 339 1898 1 Georgia
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Coreil v. Vidrine 188 La. 343 1937 1 Louisiana
In re Estate of Willich No. 12-06-00409-CV, 2007 WL 4465235, at *6 (Tex. App. Dec. 21, 2007) 2007 2 inheritance Texas