Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Motley v. Motley 45 Ala. 555 1871 1 Alabama
Armistead v. Confederate States 38 Ala. 458 1863 1 Alabama
Hawkins v. State 9 Ala. 137 1846 1 Alabama
Bonvillain v. Bodenheimer 117 La. 793 1906 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Vincent 43 Ala. 402 1869 1 Alabama
Robertson v. State 43 Ala. 325 1869 1 Alabama
McCaa & Foster v. Grant 43 Ala. 262 1869 1 Alabama
Mobile & Cedar Point R. R. v. Talman & Ralstons 15 Ala. 472 1849 1 Alabama
Cordill v. Quaker Realty Co. 130 La. 933 1912 1 Louisiana
Chambers v. Crook 42 Ala. 171 1868 1 Alabama
Barrell v. Hanrick 42 Ala. 60 1868 1 Alabama
City of New Orleans v. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. 135 La. 828 1914 1 Louisiana
Phelps v. Stone 3 La. Ann. 617 1848 1 Louisiana
Foster v. Chamberlain & Co. 41 Ala. 158 1867 1 Alabama
Montgomery & West Point Railroad v. Edmonds 41 Ala. 667 1868 1 Alabama
Long v. McDougald’s Adm’r 23 Ala. 413 1853 1 Alabama
Rawls v. Doe ex dem. Kennedy 23 Ala. 240 1853 1 Alabama
Carroll v. State 23 Ala. 28 1853 1 Alabama
Godbold v. Harrison 1 McGl. 31 1881 1 Louisiana
New Orleans Terminal Co. v. Reynolds 4 Pelt. 502 1920 1 Louisiana