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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burkhart v. Miranda 2013 Guam 2, P 23 (Guam Feb. 28, 2013) 2013 2 deeds/property Guam
Peltier v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 2016-12, 2016 WL 3745544, *4 (La. App. 3 Cir. 7/13/16) 2016 2 civ pro Louisiana
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 adverse possession Tennessee
Scyoc v. Holmes 192 W. Va. 87 1994 2 guaranty West Virginia
Estate of Mcvey v. Dep't of Revenue 480 S.W.3d 233 2015 2 Kentucky
Hernandez v. State No. 05-11-01300-CR, 2013 WL 1282260, at *3 (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2013) 2013 2 murder Texas
Adeduntan v. Hosp. Auth. of Clarke Cty. No. 3:04-CV-65 (CDL), 2006 WL 1934872, at *5 (M.D. Ga. July 11, 2006) 2006 2 contracts Georgia
Veolia Water N. Am. Operating Servs. LLC v. City of Atlanta No. CIV.A. 1:06-CV-1457T, 2007 WL 624361, at *3 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 22, 2007) 2007 2 equitable estoppel Georgia
United States v. Lafleur 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 38992, *6 1993 2 drug dealing La.
Arambula v. Atwell 948 S.W.2d 173 1998 2 agency Missouri
Commonwealth v. Rivera 18 Va. App. 103 1994 2 challenge to 'habitual offender' ordinance Virginia
Station #2, LLC v. Lynch 79 Va. 196 2010 2 statute of frauds Virginia
Vang v. Barney 480 S.W.3d 473 2016 2 equity Missouri
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 fraud Tennessee
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
Wilshire Villa Ass'n v. Strauss 39 F.3d 320 (5th Cir. 1994) 1994 2 remedies 5th Cir
Corey Greene v. Yaseen Titi d/b/a Crush Night Club M2008-02788-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010) 2010 2 negligence, indemnification provision TN
Barnett v. State No. 06-09-00089-CR, 2010 WL 1986468, at *3 n.1 (Tex. App. May 19, 2010) 2010 2 murder Texas
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 drug dealing La.
In re Estate of Willich No. 12-06-00409-CV, 2007 WL 4465235, at *6 (Tex. App. Dec. 21, 2007) 2007 2 inheritance Texas