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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Hazelwood 946 P.2d 875 1997 1 criminal Alaska
Spain v. Brown & Williamson 872 So. 2d 101 2003 1 rule of repose Alabama
Hampton v. State 455 So. 2d 149 1984 1 criminal Alabama
Johnson v. North Carolina Dep't of Cultural Res. 223 N.C. App. 47 2012 1 bailments North Carolina
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 dram shop Louisiana
Dougherty v. Rubenstein App. 269 172 Md. App. 269 2007 1 will contest Maryland
Borman, LLC v. 18718 Borman, LLC 777 F.3d 816 2015 1 debtor/creditor United States
State v. Jackson 308 N.C. 549 1983 1 crim pro confession North Carolina
Newport Ltd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. CIVIL ACTION NO. 86-2319 SECTION 'K', 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18064, at *10-13 (E.D. La. Nov. 21, 1995) 1995 1 breach of contract etc. Louisiana
State v. Small 301 N.C. 407 1980 1 crim North Carolina
Bustamante v. Valenzuela 715 F. Supp. 2d 960 2010 1 two crimes based on one act United States
People v. Paramo No. F055501, 2009 WL 2171034, at *4 (Cal. Ct. App. July 22, 2009) 2009 2 writ issued California
Matter of Estate of Mallett 178 Ariz. 377 1994 1 interp. wills Arizona
King v. State 580 So. 2d 1182 1991 1 jury Mississippi
Stinson v. State 443 So. 2d 869 1983 1 crim pro Mississippi
Sherrill v. Souder 325 S.W.3d 584 2010 1 contracts Tennessee
Smith v. Peoples Bank of Elk Valley No. 01A01-9111CV00421, 1992 WL 117061, at *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 3, 1992) 1992 1 breach of contract, negligence Tennessee
Lambing v. Southland Corp. 739 S.W.2d 717 1987 1 tort/statute Missouri
In re Chateaugay Corp. 922 F.2d 86, 91 (2d Cir. 1990) 1990 1 bankruptcy NY
United States v. Lafleur 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 38992, *6 1993 2 drug dealing La.