Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Marshall v. Thompson 16 Va. 412 1811 1 Virginia
Jackson v. Heiskell 28 Va. 257 1829 1 Virginia
Colbert v. Sutton 5 Del. Ch. 294 1880 1 Delaware
Bogle, Somerville & Co. v. Sullivant 5 Va. 561 1799 1 Virginia
Brown v. State 24 Ark. 620 1867 1 Arkansas
Johnson v. Badges Mill & Mining Co. 13 Nev. 351 1878 1 Nevada
Edgell v. Conaway 24 W. Va. 747 1884 1 West Virginia
Chinn v. Heale 15 Va. 63 1810 1 Virginia
Prats v. His Creditors 2 Rob. 501 1842 1 Louisiana
Fortune v. First Union National Bank 87 N.C. App. 1 1987 1 North Carolina
Baum v. Golden 83 N.C. App. 218 1986 1 North Carolina
State v. Myers 82 N.C. App. 299 1986 1 North Carolina
State v. Rodriguez 917 A.2d 409 2007 1 Rhode Island
Padgett v. Baker 1 Tenn. Ch. R. 222 1873 1 Tennessee
A. Tyler & Co. v. Dunton 1 Tenn. Ch. R. 361 1873 1 Tennessee
James v. Drake 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 170 1858 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Martinez 145 S.W. 959 1912 1 Texas
Johnson v. Avery 148 S.W. 1156 1912 1 Texas
Smith v. State 142 S.W. 1173 1912 1 Texas
Merchant v. Rogan 150 S.W. 956 1912 1 Texas