Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Ragsdale v. Hagy 50 Va. 409 1852 1 Virginia
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina