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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Liverman v. Cahoon 156 N.C. 187 1911 1 North Carolina
Givens v. Givens 195 S.W. 877 1917 1 Texas
Broussard v. Doucet 107 So. 2d 448 1958 1 Louisiana
Sparrow v. Sparrow 93 So. 2d 232 1957 1 Louisiana
Succession of Wesley 64 So. 2d 470 1953 1 Louisiana
State v. Ivory 578 S.W.2d 62 1978 1 Missouri
Williams v. Van Hersh 578 S.W.2d 373 1978 1 Tennessee
Cobb v. English 579 S.W.2d 22 1979 1 Texas
Morris v. State 642 S.W.2d 87 1982 1 Texas
Sakowitz, Inc. v. Steck 669 S.W.2d 105 1984 1 Texas
Moore v. Finholt 638 S.W.2d 169 1982 1 Texas
R. F. Mestayer Lumber Co. v. Cusack 141 So. 2d 166 1962 1 Louisiana
Butler v. Morgan 590 S.W.2d 543 1979 1 Texas
Toler v. Harbour 589 S.W.2d 529 1979 1 Texas
Smith v. Smith 657 S.W.2d 457 1983 1 Texas
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Medina 814 S.W.2d 71 1991 1 Texas
Sadler v. Duvall 815 S.W.2d 285 1991 1 Texas
Bowman v. Puckett 185 S.W.2d 228 1944 1 Texas
Dabney v. Thomas 596 S.W.2d 561 1980 1 Texas
Howard v. State 667 S.W.2d 524 1984 1 Texas