Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Envtl. Sys., Inc. v. Rexham Corp. 624 So. 2d 1379 1993 1 inheritance Alabama
Champagne v. Champagne 125 La. 408 1990 1 wills/trusts Louisiana
Box v. Lanier 112 Tenn. 393 1904 1 dispute over insurance policy proceeds Tennessee
Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 497 U.S. 261 1990 1 United States
McDonald v. City of Chicago 561 U.S. 742 2010 1 United States
1953 Op. Att'y Gen 053–68 (March 24, 1953) 1953 1 United States
Montague v. Allan's Ex'or 78 Va. 592 1884 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Hake v. Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court 52 La. Ann. 103 1899 1 Louisiana
Board of Liquidating Com'rs of Bank v. Dodson 131 La. 44 1912 1 Louisiana
State v. Gainey 135 La. 459 1914 1 Louisiana
Shevnin v. Chester 9 La. App. 531 1929 1 Louisiana
Hollingsworth v. Caldwell 193 La. 638 1939 1 Louisiana
Hollingsworth v. Caldwell 192 So. 83 1939 1 Louisiana
Parham v. Izard 30 Ark. 557 1875 1 Arkansas
Payne v. Markeson No. WD 77553, 2015 WL 2090268, at *12 n.13 (Mo. Ct. App. May 5, 2015) 2015 1 dram shop Missouri
Northside Pharmacy, Inc. v. Owens & Minor, Inc. No. 88-3059, 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 26929, at *5 (4th Cir. Feb. 21, 1990) 1990 1 contract, statute of limitations North Carolina
Wiggins v. State 513 So. 2d 73 1987 1 evidence in fraud Alabama
Owen v. State 862 So. 2d 687 2003 1 Florida
People v. Milka 211 Ill. 2d 150 2004 1 civ pro/mistrials Illinois
Succession of Robinson 654 So. 2d 682 1995 1 evidence Louisiana