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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Indictment under fugitive slave act District Court, E.D. PA.
United States v. Buck 24 F. Cas. 1289 1860 0 Indictment under fugitive slave act District Court, E.D. PA.
Saxon v. Ames 47 Miss. 565 1873 0 Inequality in the division of slaves in an estate Mississippi
Edwards v. Van De Rostyne 245 S.W.3d 797 2008 1 in forma pauperis Kentucky
Cantrell v. Henry 696 S.W.2d 12 1985 1 inheritance Tennessee
Jones v. Jones 209 W. Va. 701 2001 1 inheritance West Virginia
Estate of Walters v. Walters 69 Va. Cir. 334 2005 2 inheritance Virginia
Conkey v. Tonkens No. 13-06-00347-CV, 2007 WL 2417415, at *4 (Tex. App. Aug. 28, 2007) 2007 1 inheritance Texas
Envtl. Sys., Inc. v. Rexham Corp. 624 So. 2d 1379 1993 1 inheritance Alabama
Netherton v. Cowan No. 04-12-00627-CV, 2013 WL 4091773, at *3–4 (Tex. App. Aug. 14, 2013) 2013 1 inheritance Texas
In re Estate of Willich No. 12-06-00409-CV, 2007 WL 4465235, at *6 (Tex. App. Dec. 21, 2007) 2007 2 inheritance Texas
In re Estate of Bartolini 285 Ill. App. 3d 613 1996 1 inheritance Illinois
Richardson v. Bridges 260 Ga. 62 1990 1 inheritance Georgia
Funkhouser v. Panizza No. 15048, 1994 Va. Cir. LEXIS 932, at *9 (Cir. Ct. Oct. 12, 1994) 1994 1 inheritance Virginia
Estate of Floyd 79 Va. Cir. 187 2009 1 inheritance Virginia
McNally v. Guevara 989 S.W.2d 380 1999 1 inheritance Texas
Martin v. Palmer 1 S.W.3d 875 1999 1 inheritance Texas
Fowler v. Morgan 25 La. Ann. 206 1873 0 Inheritance Louisiana
In re Brown 807 F.3d 701, 711 n.37 (5th Cir. 2015) 2015 1 inheritance claim in bankruptcy United States
Helm v. Hayes No. 03A01-9710-PB-00497, 1998 WL 251766, at *1 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 19, 1998) 1998 1 inheritance, competency Tennessee