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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hess v. Whitsitt 257 Cal. App. 2d 552 1967 1 family law California
Rozan v. Rozan 49 Cal. 2d 322 1957 1 family law California
Keene v. Keene 57 Cal. 2d 657 1962 1 family law California
Wareham v. Wareham 195 Cal. App. 2d 64 1961 1 family law California
Pickard v. Pickard 176 N.C. App. 193 2006 1 family North Carolina
Garrett v. Burris 224 N.C. App. 32 2012 1 family North Carolina
James v. Dowell 15 Miss. 333 1846 0 False warranty of slave dispute Mississippi
Worthy v. Patterson 20 Ala. 172 1852 0 False Warranty of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Robinson v. Windham 9 Port. 397 1839 0 False warranty of a enslaved person Alabama
Hogan v. Thorington 8 Port. 428 1839 0 False Warranty Alabama
Mizell v. Sims 39 Miss. 331 1860 0 False statements as to a warranty of a slave's character Mississippi
Morton v. Scull 23 Ark. 289 1861 0 False representations by agent in enslaved person sale Arkansas
Ramsey v. Blalock 32 Ga. 376 1861 0 False Representation made by agent in the sale of slave. Supreme Court of Georgia
Stroud v. Mays 7 Ga. 269 1849 0 False Representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Wooten v. Calahan 32 Ga. 382 1861 0 False Representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Savage v. Jackson 19 Ga. 305 1856 0 False representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 False Promise Underlying Sale/Deceit United States
Clopton v. Norris 28 Ga. 188 1859 0 Falsely warranting slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Withers v. Coyles 36 Ala. 320 1860 0 False Imprisonment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
In re Ambrose 61 N.C. 91 1867 0 False Imprisonment North Carolina