Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Clay v. Alderson's Admr. 10 W. Va. 49 1877 1 West Virginia
Moore v. Cole 200 Tenn. 43 1956 1 Tennessee
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Land Development Co. v. Schulz 169 La. 1 1929 1 Louisiana
Nugent v. Urania Lbr. Co. 16 La. App. 73 1931 1 Louisiana
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Harrison's Administrator v. Raines's Administratrix 19 Va. 456 1818 1 Virginia
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
Cherami v. Cantrelle 142 So. 150 1932 1 Louisiana
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
McNabb v. Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections 727 F.3d 1334 2013 1 United States
Coreil v. Vidrine 188 La. 343 1937 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Wade 461 U.S. 30 1983 1 United States
Keller v. Summers 187 So. 69 1939 1 Louisiana
Keller v. Summers 192 La. 103 1939 1 Louisiana
King v. Davis 137 F. 198 1903 1 United States
Cornwell v. Fraternal Accident Ass'n 6 N.D. 201 1896 1 North Dakota