Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Chapman v. Cassels Co. 180 Ga. 349 1935 1 Georgia
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
State v. Mathews 68 W. Va. 89 1910 1 West Virginia
Almond v. Adams 221 La. 234 1952 1 Louisiana
Almond v. Adams 59 So. 2d 132 1952 1 Louisiana
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Keller v. Summers 187 So. 69 1939 1 Louisiana
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Franklin v. State 12 Md. 236 1858 0 Maryland
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Estate of Charania v. Shulman 608 F.3d 67 2010 1 United States