Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
Byrne v. Schneider 808 S.W.2d 936 1991 1 contracts Missouri
Matter of Commitment of Edward S. 118 N.J. 118 1990 1 'general refs' New Jersey
Orlowski v. Bates No. 2:11-CV-01396-JPM, 2015 WL 1485980, at *7 (W.D. Tenn. Mar. 31, 2015) 2015 1 fraud Tennessee
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
Champagne v. Champagne 125 La. 408 1990 1 wills/trusts Louisiana
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
State v. Johnson 145 So. 773 1933 1 Louisiana
Brewster v. Hewes 113 La. 45 1904 1 Louisiana
Brodack v. Morsbach 38 Wash. 72 1905 1 Washington
Petticrew v. Greenshields 61 Wash. 614 1911 1 Washington
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 dram shop Louisiana
King v. State 580 So. 2d 1182 1991 1 jury Mississippi
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York
Board of Liquidating Com'rs of Bank v. Dodson 131 La. 44 1912 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 162 So. 826 1935 1 Louisiana
Hollingsworth v. Caldwell 193 La. 638 1939 1 Louisiana
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
Parham v. Izard 30 Ark. 557 1875 1 Arkansas