Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Vordenbaumen 169 So. 245 1936 1 Louisiana
Heavner v. Morgan 41 W. Va. 428 1895 1 West Virginia
Cook v. Crow 194 So. 455 1939 1 Louisiana
Coss v. Sterritt 49 Okla. 446 1915 1 Oklahoma
Langford v. Varner 65 Mo. App. 370 1896 1 Missouri
Barnett v. Smart 158 Mo. 167 1900 1 Missouri
Scannell v. American Soda Fountain Co. 161 Mo. 606 1901 1 Missouri
McAllister v. Harman 101 Va. 17 1902 1 Virginia
Boldt v. Early 33 Ind. App. 434 1904 1 Indiana
Hillard v. Taylor 114 La. 883 1905 1 Louisiana
Rex Finance Co. v. Cary 145 So. 2d 672 1962 1 Louisiana
Garlington v. Blount 146 Ga. 527 1917 1 Georgia
State v. Bunker 38 Kan. 737 1888 1 Kansas
Thompson v. State 220 Miss. 200 1954 1 Mississippi
In re the Estate of Young 15 Mills Surr. 332 1915 1 New York
In re Construe the Last Will & Testament of Fowles 16 Mills Surr. 425 1916 1 New York
United States v. Holmes 406 F.3d 337 2005 1 United States
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Mackey 351 U.S. 427 1956 1 United States
Smith v. Ward 66 W. Va. 190 1909 1 West Virginia
Westerman v. Dinsmore 68 W. Va. 594 1911 1 West Virginia