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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jackson State Nat. Bank v. Merchants' Bank & Trust Co. 177 La. 975 1933 1 Louisiana
Thompson v. Webb 91 So. 2d 45 1956 1 Louisiana
Swartzwelder v. Freeport Coal Co. 131 W. Va. 276 1948 1 West Virginia
State v. Maddox 154 La. 547 1923 1 Louisiana
State v. Johnson 176 La. 371 1933 1 Louisiana
State v. Johnson 145 So. 773 1933 1 Louisiana
Brewster v. Hewes 113 La. 45 1904 1 Louisiana
Brodack v. Morsbach 38 Wash. 72 1905 1 Washington
Petticrew v. Greenshields 61 Wash. 614 1911 1 Washington
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 dram shop Louisiana
King v. State 580 So. 2d 1182 1991 1 jury Mississippi
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Land Development Co. v. Schulz 169 La. 1 1929 1 Louisiana
Nugent v. Urania Lbr. Co. 16 La. App. 73 1931 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Peoples Bank of Elk Valley No. 01A01-9111CV00421, 1992 WL 117061, at *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 3, 1992) 1992 1 breach of contract, negligence Tennessee
Stinson v. State 443 So. 2d 869 1983 1 crim pro Mississippi
Matter of Estate of Mallett 178 Ariz. 377 1994 1 interp. wills Arizona
Sherrill v. Souder 325 S.W.3d 584 2010 1 contracts Tennessee
Lambing v. Southland Corp. 739 S.W.2d 717 1987 1 tort/statute Missouri
State v. Small 301 N.C. 407 1980 1 crim North Carolina