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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
In re Acquiring Title by The City of New York 217 N.Y. 1 1916 1 New York
Cross v. Carstens 49 Ohio St. 548 1892 1 Ohio
Holliman v. Cole 168 Okla. 473 1934 1 Oklahoma
State v. Yanez 716 A.2d 759 1998 1 Rhode Island
In re Conservatorship of Groves 109 S.W.3d 317 2003 1 Tennessee
Williams v. Georgia 349 U.S. 375 1955 1 United States
Smith v. Wade 461 U.S. 30 1983 1 United States
Frank v. Lilienfeld 74 Va. 377 1880 1 Virginia
Gibson v. Governor ex rel. Stewart's Adm'r 38 Va. 600 1841 1 Virginia
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 681 1841 1 Virginia
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
Scott v. State 878 So. 2d 933 2004 1 Mississippi
Sinclair, Louis, Siegel, Heath, Nussbaum & Zavertnik, P.A. v. Baucom 428 So. 2d 1383 1983 1 Florida
Murray v. Laird 446 So. 2d 575 1984 1 Mississippi
Powers v. Scharling 64 Kan. 339 1902 1 Kansas
Polomski v. Mayor of Baltimore 344 Md. 70 1996 1 Maryland
Beers v. McConnell 21 N.J. 50 1956 1 New Jersey
Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc. 546 S.W.2d 228 1976 1 Tennessee
Pullen v. Hopkins 69 Tenn. 741 1878 1 Tennessee
Creager v. State 952 S.W.2d 852 1997 1 Texas