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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hall v. Dickey 32 Miss. 208 1856 0 Validity of parol gift of enslaved woman Mississippi
Haden v. Ivey 51 Ala. 381 1874 0 Validity of marriage between freeman of color and woman of "mixed blood" Alabama
MacDougall v. Levick 87 Va. Cir. 160 2013 1 validity of marriage Virginia
Guzman v. Alvarez No. M2003-02902-COA-R3CV, 2005 WL 1634084, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. July 12, 2005) 2005 1 validity of marriage Tennessee
Am. City Bank of Tullahoma v. W. Auto Supply Co. 631 S.W.2d 410 1981 1 validity of lien Tennessee
Municipal Equipment Mfg., Inc. v. Newport (In re Hockaday) 169 B.R. 640 1994 1 validity of levy United States
In re Anderson, 30 B.R. 995, 1002 (M.D. Tenn. 1983) 30 B.R. 995 1983 1 validity of deed United States
Ross v. Ross 20 Ala. 105 1852 0 Validity of Certain Claim Filed against Estate Alabama
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Validity of bequest of slaves to American Colonization Society for emancipation Mississippi
Coppage v. Barnett 34 Miss. 621 1857 0 Validity of a gift of slaves Mississippi
Fox v. Lambson 8 N.J.L. 339 1826 0 Valididity of slave as witness New Jersey
Anderson v. Baker 1 Ga. 595 1846 0 Valid Gift Supreme Court of Georgia
Hambrick v. Crawford 53 Ga. 352 1874 0 Vacated order becuase of illegality Supreme Court of Georgia
Duncan v. Helm 22 La. Ann. 418 1870 0 "Usury" Louisiana
Price v. Campbell 6 Va. 110 1799 0 Usury SC of Appeals VA
Arnold v. Miller 26 Miss. 152 1853 0 Usurious contract Mississippi
Conner v. Administrator of Conner 13 La. Ann. 157 1858 0 Usufructs, property value (because of additional slaves) Louisiana
Roach's Executors v. Bennett 24 Miss. 98 1852 0 Use of wife's funds by husband for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Cotten v. Blocker 6 Fla. 1 1855 0 Use of Slaves to Secure Bond Payments Supreme Court of FL
Broome v. Alston 8 Fla. 307 1859 0 Use of Slaves to Secure a Mortgage Supreme Court of FL