Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
Ekman v. Vallery 169 So. 521 1936 1 Louisiana
Howard v. City of New Orleans 1 La. App. 780 1925 1 Louisiana
Francis v. Grant 80 Ky. 190 1881 1 Kentucky