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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Butler v. Spann 27 Miss. 234 1854 0 Entitlement to possession of enslaved persons Mississippi
Hoover v. Wells 39 Miss. 445 1860 0 Entitlement to slaves posessed by wife under 1839 Act Mississippi
Masters v. Dunn 30 Miss. 264 1855 0 Entitlement to sue Mississippi
Billings v. Wichita State Univ. 557 F. Supp. 1348 1983 1 equal pay United States
Fannin v. Thomasson 45 Ga. 533 1872 0 Equitable defense Georgia
Major League Baseball v. Morsani 790 So. 2d 1071 2001 1 equitable estoppel Florida
Veolia Water N. Am. Operating Servs. LLC v. City of Atlanta No. CIV.A. 1:06-CV-1457T, 2007 WL 624361, at *3 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 22, 2007) 2007 2 equitable estoppel Georgia
Bate v. Greenwich Ins. Co. No. WD76086, 2014 WL 1677670, at *2 (Mo. Ct. App. Apr. 29, 2014) 2014 1 equity Missouri
Vang v. Barney 480 S.W.3d 473 2016 2 equity Missouri
McIntosh v. Hambleton 35 Ga. 94 1866 0 Equity Supreme Court of Georgia
Merritt v. Scott 6 Ga. 563 1849 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. Nelms 21 Ga. 192 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Arline v. Miller 22 Ga. 330 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v.Bryan 34 Ga. 53 1864 0 Equity action Supreme Court of georgia
Administrators of Ligon v. Rogers 12 Ga. 281 1852 0 Equity action Georgia
Ross v. Hawkins 29 Ga. 261 1859 0 Equity action Georgia
Smith v. Walden 26 Ga. 249 1858 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
McDonand v. Sims 3 Ga. 383 1847 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Sneed v. Wiggins 3 Ga. 94 1847 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia