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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Manning v. Manning 24 Ala. 386 1854 0 Martial property dispute Alabama
Carroll v. Renich 15 Miss. 798 1846 0 Martial rights to property dispute Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
State v. Post 20 N.J.L. 368 1845 Master - slave relationship dispute New Jersey
State v. Berry 34 Ga. 546 1866 0 Masters no longer have to give their approval for blacks to be brought before the court in criminal cases since abolition Supreme Court of Georgia
Lucas v. United States 757 S.W.2d 687 1988 1 medical malpractice Texas
Mikesic v. Trinity Lutheran Hosp. 980 S.W.2d 68 1999 1 medical malpractice Missouri
Bolling v. D’Amato 259 Va. 299 2000 1 medical malpractice Virginia
Johnson v. Raviotta 264 Va. 27 2002 1 medical malpractice Virginia
Ray v. Anesthesia Assocs. of Mobile, P.C. 674 So. 2d 525 1995 1 medical malpractice, damages caps Alabama
McCall v. Eve 1 D.C. 188 1804 0 Mens Rea United States
Bounds v. Prud'Homme No. 12-15-00177-CV, 2016 WL 1254072, at *4 (Tex. App. Mar. 31, 2016) 2017 1 mineral rights Texas
Fisher v. Wynn No. 12-11-00008-CV, 2011 WL 3338771, at *6 (Tex. App. Aug. 3, 2011) 2011 1 mineral rights Texas
Gulledge v. Berry 31 Miss. 346 1856 0 Misapplication of funds of estate Mississippi
State v. Bill 35 N.C. 373 1852 0 Misdemeanor North Carolina
Dickens v. State 30 Ga. 383 1860 0 Misdemeanor Georgia
Commonwealth v. Jones 43 Va. 555 1845 0 Misdemeanor - fornication with a slave General Ct. of VA
Lyons v. Stephens 45 Ga. 141 1872 0 Misrepresentation of contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Hodge v. Craig 382 S.W.3d 325 2012 1 misrepresentation (that child was son of plaintiff) Tennessee
Ward v. Allen 28 Ga. 74 1859 0 Modification of will Supreme Court of Georgia