Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
McCoy v. Bevels 155 Tenn. 313 1927 1 Tennessee
Madry v. Cox 73 Tex. 538 1889 1 Texas
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Caldwell v. Craig 62 Va. 132 1871 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Cassels Co. 180 Ga. 349 1935 1 Georgia
Hamm v. Hamm 437 S.W.2d 449 1969 1 Missouri
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
Henderson County v. Smyth 216 N.C. 421 1939 1 North Carolina
W. B. Smith & Co. v. Lowe 16 La. App. 425 1931 1 Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Fox v. Curry 96 Mont. 212 1934 1 Montana
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
United States v. Ayala 887 F.2d 62 1989 1 United States
Dallas Farm Machinery Co. v. Reaves 158 Tex. 1 1957 1 Texas
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana
State v. Mathews 68 W. Va. 89 1910 1 West Virginia
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
Almond v. Adams 221 La. 234 1952 1 Louisiana
Doswell v. Anderson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 185 1855 1 Virginia