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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
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
Lamana v. LeBlanc 526 So. 2d 1107 1988 2 res judicata Louisiana
Scyoc v. Holmes 192 W. Va. 87 1994 2 guaranty West Virginia
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 fraud Tennessee
Estate of Walters v. Walters 69 Va. Cir. 334 2005 2 inheritance Virginia
United States v. Campos No. 92-4573, 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 43317, at *33-34 n.36 (5th Cir. Apr. 14, 1994) 1994 2 drug dealing
Timber Integrated Investments 234 N.C. App. 667, 763 S.E.2d 17 (2014) 2014 2 estoppel North Carolina
Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. 797 S.E.2d 264, 269 (N.C.) 2017 2 candor with court North Carolina
Barnett v. State No. 06-09-00089-CR, 2010 WL 1986468, at *3 n.1 (Tex. App. May 19, 2010) 2010 2 murder Texas
Graham v. Ozark Mountain Sightseeing, Inc. 181 F.3d 924 1999 2 wrongful death United States
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
Singer v. Siedband 138 S.W.3d 750 2004 2 standing under statute on fraud in probate Missouri
Bartee v. Vitocruz 288 Va. 106, 112, 758 S.E.2d 549, 551 (2014) 2014 2 wrongful death Virginia
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York
Cohen v. Parish 105 Ga. 339 1898 1 Georgia
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina