Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Almond v. Adams 59 So. 2d 132 1952 1 Louisiana
Gibson v. Belcher 287 S.C. 315 1985 1 South Carolina
Moore v. Cole 200 Tenn. 43 1956 1 Tennessee
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Estate of Charania v. Shulman 608 F.3d 67 2010 1 United States
Hilb v. Peyton 63 Va. 550 1872 1 Virginia
Norris v. Vaughan 152 Tex. 491 1953 1 Texas
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Courtright v. Township Clerk 54 Mich. 182 1884 1 Michigan
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
State v. Robinson 20 W. Va. 713 1882 1 West Virginia
Fitch v. Board of Auditors of Claims Against Manitou County 133 Mich. 178 1903 1 Michigan
United States v. Lechuga 888 F.2d 1472 1989 1 United States
First Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Vicksburg v. Drexler 171 So. 151 1936 1 Louisiana
Freehling v. Suerich Enters., Inc. (In re Flanzbaum) 10 B.R. 420 1981 1 United States
Chandler v. Cheney 37 Ind. 391 1871 1 Indiana
1953 Op. Att'y Gen 053–68 (March 24, 1953) 1953 1 United States
Albreast v. Heaton 276 Ala. 185 1964 1 Alabama
Carson v. Railsback 3 Wash. Terr. 168 1887 1 Washington