Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Ragsdale v. Hagy 50 Va. 409 1852 1 Virginia
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Succession of Seals 142 So. 2d 629 1962 1 Louisiana
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Cohen v. Parish 105 Ga. 339 1898 1 Georgia
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
George v. Goldsby 23 Ala. 326 1853 1 Alabama
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Stone v. Wilson 51 Va. 529 1853 1 Virginia
Arms v. City of Knoxville 32 Ill. App. 604 1889 1 Illinois
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Hume 121 Ala. 168 1898 1 Alabama
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina