Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
City of Galveston v. Barbour 62 Tex. 172 1884 1 Texas
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Conflciting Contracts to Borrow Enslaved Persons Alabama
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Jackson-Hinds Bank v. Davis 244 So. 2d 633 1971 1 Louisiana
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Bullard v. Farrar 33 Ga. 620 1863 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Herbert v. Travelers Indemnity Co. 193 So. 2d 330 1966 1 Louisiana
In re Swan-Finch Oil Corp. 213 F. Supp. 638 1962 United States
Creech v. Errington 207 La. 615 1945 1 Louisiana
Kitchens v. State 300 So. 2d 922 1974 1 Mississippi
Goodman v. State 122 Ga. 111 1905 1 Georgia
Standard Oil Co. v. Reagan 15 Ga. App. 571 1915 1 Georgia
Johnson v. Zimmerman 42 Ind. App. 165 1908 1 Indiana
Hermes v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 80 Wis. 590 1891 1 Wisconsin
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
Nugent v. Urania Lbr. Co. 16 La. App. 73 1931 1 Louisiana