Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Gabbert v. Gabbert 217 Ala. 599 1928 1 Alabama
Carder v. Bank of West Virginia 34 W. Va. 38 1890 1 West Virginia
State v. Skinkle 49 N.J.L. 641 1887 1 New Jersey
Commonwealth v. Nickerson 236 Mass. 281 1920 1 Massachusetts
Balte v. Bedemiller 37 Or. 27 1900 1 Oregon
Bennett v. Child 19 Wis. 362 1865 1 Wisconsin
Carolina Agency Co. v. Garlington 85 S.C. 114 1910 1 South Carolina
American Bush v. City of South Salt Lake 140 P.3d 1235 2006 1 Utah
Jackson State Nat. Bank v. Merchants' Bank & Trust Co. 177 La. 975 1933 1 Louisiana
M'Kinley v. Ensell 43 Va. 333 1845 1 Virginia
Thompson v. Webb 91 So. 2d 45 1956 1 Louisiana
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Swartzwelder v. Freeport Coal Co. 131 W. Va. 276 1948 1 West Virginia
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
McDonald v. City of Chicago 561 U.S. 742 2010 1 United States
1953 Op. Att'y Gen 053–68 (March 24, 1953) 1953 1 United States
Montague v. Allan's Ex'or 78 Va. 592 1884 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Hake v. Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court 52 La. Ann. 103 1899 1 Louisiana
Board of Liquidating Com'rs of Bank v. Dodson 131 La. 44 1912 1 Louisiana
Arnold v. Arnold 11 W. Va. 449 1877 1 West Virginia