Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lambert v. Bond 234 La. 1092 1958 1 Louisiana
Hamm v. Hamm 437 S.W.2d 449 1969 1 Missouri
Henderson County v. Smyth 216 N.C. 421 1939 1 North Carolina
Jackson v. Carter 128 S.C. 79 1924 1 South Carolina
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Gillilan v. Ludington 6 W. Va. 128 1873 1 West Virginia
Norfolk & Petersburg R. R. v. Ormsby 68 Va. 455 1876 1 Virginia
Tracy v. Cloyd 10 W. Va. 19 1877 1 West Virginia
Clay v. Alderson's Admr. 10 W. Va. 49 1877 1 West Virginia
Tompkins' Ex'r v. Stephens 10 W. Va. 156 1877 1 West Virginia
Miller v. Insurance Co. 12 W. Va. 116 1877 1 West Virginia
Lambert v. Bond 102 So. 2d 467 1958 1 Louisiana
Veve v. Sanchez 226 U.S. 234 1912 1 United States
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S Co. v. Stewart 119 La. 392 1907 1 Louisiana
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
Fant v. Fant 58 Va. 11 1866 1 Virginia