Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Roach v. Chaisson 319 So. 2d 872 1975 1 Louisiana
Welch v. Commonwealth No. 3152-03-4, 2005 Va. App. LEXIS 540, at *4 (Ct. App. Oct. 18, 2005) 2005 1 murder Virginia
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Oursbourn v. State 259 S.W.3d 159 2008 1 Texas
Buckles v. Kennedy Coal Corp. 134 Va. 1 1922 1 Virginia
Hall v. McGregor 65 W. Va. 74 1909 1 West Virginia
Beers v. McConnell 21 N.J. 50 1956 1 New Jersey
Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc. 546 S.W.2d 228 1976 1 Tennessee
Harrison-Solomon v. State 442 Md. 254 2015 1 statutory interp Maryland
Murray v. Laird 446 So. 2d 575 1984 1 Mississippi
Hutchinson v. Estate of Nunn ex rel. Ozier No. W2004-00578-COA-R3CV, 2004 WL 3048970, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 30, 2004) 2004 1 property damage, waste Tennessee
Powers v. Scharling 64 Kan. 339 1902 1 Kansas
Office of Pub. Def. v. State 413 Md. 411 2010 1 evidence Maryland
Pullen v. Hopkins 69 Tenn. 741 1878 1 Tennessee
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 681 1841 1 Virginia
Bazanac v. State ex rel. Department of Highways 218 So. 2d 121 1969 1 Louisiana
Arms v. City of Knoxville 32 Ill. App. 604 1889 1 Illinois
Polomski v. Mayor of Baltimore 344 Md. 70 1996 1 Maryland
Guzman v. Alvarez No. M2003-02902-COA-R3CV, 2005 WL 1634084, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. July 12, 2005) 2005 1 validity of marriage Tennessee
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia