Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
In re Conservatorship of Groves 109 S.W.3d 317 2003 1 Tennessee
First Nat. Bank v. Jones 186 La. 269 1937 1 Louisiana
First Nat. Bank of Ruston v. Jones 172 So. 155 1937 1 Louisiana
Veve v. Sanchez 226 U.S. 234 1912 1 United States
Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S Co. v. Stewart 119 La. 392 1907 1 Louisiana
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Franklin v. State 12 Md. 236 1858 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Negroes Charles v. Sheriff 12 Md. 274 1858 0 Maryland
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
State v. Johnson 145 So. 773 1933 1 Louisiana
Ragsdale v. Hagy 50 Va. 409 1852 1 Virginia
State v. Robinson 20 W. Va. 713 1882 1 West Virginia