Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
American Express Co. v. Fox 135 Tenn. 489 1916 1 Tennessee
Estate of Semmes v. Commissioner 32 T.C. 1218 1959 1 United States
Holmes v. Fresh 9 Mo. 200 1845 1 Missouri
Rogan v. Walker 2 Chand. 133 1850 1 Wisconsin
Rogan v. Walker 2 Pin. 463 1850 1 Wisconsin
Wylly-Gabbett Co. v. Williams 53 Fla. 872 1907 1 Florida
Mitchell v. Mason 65 Fla. 208 1913 1 Florida
Ex parte Duncan 42 Tex. Crim. 661 1901 1 Texas
Russell v. Southard 53 U.S. 139 1851 1 United States
Brant v. Robertson 16 Mo. 129 1852 1 Missouri
Wilson v. Shoenberger's Executors 31 Pa. 295 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Nease v. Capehart 8 W. Va. 95 1874 1 West Virginia
Renard v. Brown 7 Neb. 449 1878 1 Nebraska
Stinchfield v. Milliken 71 Me. 567 1880 1 Maine
In re the Trust Estate of Sellers 31 Del. Ch. 158 1949 1 Delaware
Barbour v. State ex rel. Hood 974 So. 2d 232 2008 1 Mississippi
Boumediene v. Bush 553 U.S. 723 2008 1 United States
McMillan v. City of New York 253 F.R.D. 247 2008 1 United States
Varnum v. Brien 763 N.W.2d 862 2009 1 Iowa
Strauss v. Horton 46 Cal. 4th 364 2009 1 California