Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Ragsdale v. Hagy 50 Va. 409 1852 1 Virginia
Succession of Seals 142 So. 2d 629 1962 1 Louisiana
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
George v. Goldsby 23 Ala. 326 1853 1 Alabama
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Stone v. Wilson 51 Va. 529 1853 1 Virginia
Arms v. City of Knoxville 32 Ill. App. 604 1889 1 Illinois
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Hume 121 Ala. 168 1898 1 Alabama
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
Bing v. State 23 Ark. App. 19 1987 1 evidence Arkansas
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Bate v. Greenwich Ins. Co. No. WD76086, 2014 WL 1677670, at *2 (Mo. Ct. App. Apr. 29, 2014) 2014 1 equity Missouri
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia