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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Tompkins v. Tigner 17 Ga. 103 1855 0 Breach of Contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Harvey v. Skipwith 57 Va. 410 1863 0 Breach of Contract SC of Appeals VA
Thomas v. Barker 37 Ala. 392 1861 0 Breach of Contract Alabama
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
Teleglobe Communs. Corp. v. BCE, Inc. (In re Teleglobe Communs. Corp.) 493 F.3d 345 2007 1 breach of contract etc. United States
Wyatt v. Greer 4 Stew. & P. 318 1833 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Caraway v. Wallace 2 Ala. 542 1841 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Bear Ranch, LLC v. HeartBrand Beef, Inc. No. 6:12-CV-00014, 2013 WL 6190253, at *4 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 26, 2013) 2013 2 breach of contract, fraud in the inducement Texas
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
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
Johnston v. Ashley 7 Ark. 470 1847 0 Breach of covenenant of warranty Arkansas
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Breach of deed condition Massachusetts
Cleghorn v. Love 24 Ga. 590 1858 0 Breach of Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
In re Cannon 277 F.3d 838 2002 1 breach of trustee's duty United States
Noel v. Wheatly 30 Miss. 181 1855 0 Breach of warranty Mississippi
Ex parte Norton 44 Ala. 177 1870 0 Breach of warranty Alabama
Dukes v. Nelson 27 Ga. 457 1859 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Hopkins v. Tilman 25 Ga. 212 1858 0 Breach of warranty Suprem Court of Georgia
Badgett v. Broughton 1 Ga. 591 1846 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Stevenson v. Reaves 24 Ala. 425 1854 0 Breach of warranty Alabama