Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilentz v. Hendrickson 133 N.J. Eq. 447 1943 1 New Jersey
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Cassin 111 Ga. 575 1900 1 Georgia
Scates v. Wilson & Edmunds 36 Va. 170 1838 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Taylor 174 N.C. 537 1917 1 North Carolina
Herron v. Herron 47 Ohio St. 544 1890 1 Ohio
Miller v. Miller 335 So. 2d 767 1976 1 Louisiana
White v. Hass 32 Ala. 430 1858 1 Alabama
Gardner v. Lanford 86 Ala. 508 1888 1 Alabama
McAllister v. Lawler 32 Mo. App. 91 1888 1 Missouri
Waterman v. Vose 43 Me. 504 1857 1 Maine
United States v. Estate of Pearce 498 F.2d 847 1974 1 United States
Pitts v. Sheriff 108 Mo. 110 1891 1 Missouri
Ruffners v. Lewis's Executors 34 Va. 720 1836 1 Virginia
Lombardi v. Shero 14 Tex. Civ. App. 594 1896 1 Texas
Smith v. Smith 190 Misc. 298 1947 1 New York
Wootton v. White 90 Md. 64 1899 1 Maryland
Jones v. Adams 37 Or. 473 1900 1 Oregon
Childers v. Loudin 51 W. Va. 559 1902 1 West Virginia
McCormick v. Terry 147 Va. 448 1927 1 Virginia
Jenny Lind Co. v. Bower & Co. 11 Cal. 194 1858 1 California