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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commercial Painting Co., Inc. v. The Weitz Co., LLC No. W201301989COAR3CV, 2016 WL 3519015, at *10 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 20, 2016) 2016 2 negligent misrepresentation Tennessee
Burkhart v. Miranda 2013 Guam 2, P 23 (Guam Feb. 28, 2013) 2013 2 deeds/property Guam
Matter of Lucks 794 S.E.2d 501, 504–05 (N.C. 2016) 2016 2 foreclosure North Carolina
Scyoc v. Holmes 192 W. Va. 87 1994 2 guaranty West Virginia
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
Hernandez v. State No. 05-11-01300-CR, 2013 WL 1282260, at *3 (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2013) 2013 2 murder Texas
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
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
United States v. Lafleur 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 38992, *6 1993 2 drug dealing La.
State v. Aguilar No. 13-07-332-CR, 2008 WL 5717811, at *9 n.20 (Tex. App. Nov. 6, 2008), vacated, No. PD-059-09, 2009 WL 636534 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 11, 2009) 2008 2 murder Texas
Lamana v. LeBlanc 526 So. 2d 1107 1988 2 res judicata Louisiana
Vang v. Barney 480 S.W.3d 473 2016 2 equity Missouri
People v. Hyung Joon Kim 45 Cal. 4th 1078 2009 2 Immigration California
Wheeler v. Campbell 12 Cal. App. 707 1910 Trusts and Estates California
Arizona Public Service Co. v. United States 742 F.2d 644 1984 Condemnation of slave trade vessel United States
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
O'Neill v. General Film Co. 157 N.Y.S. 1028 1916 Contracts & Intellectual Property New York
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 Will & trust New Jersey
Moore v. Mitchell 17 F. Cas. 692 1874 Will & trust United States
Chisholm v. Starke 7 Va. 25 1901 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA