Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Olsen 34 N.Y.2d 349 1974 1 New York
Hatcher v. Briggs 6 Or. 31 1876 1 Oregon
Defferari v. Terry 128 Tex. 521 1936 1 Texas
Lehman v. Lehman 130 La. 960 1912 1 Louisiana
State v. Hunt 357 N.C. 257 2003 1 North Carolina
Goetz v. Old National Bank of Martinsburg 140 W. Va. 422 1954 1 West Virginia
Lessee of Lore v. Truman 10 Ohio St. 45 1859 1 Ohio
Whitfield v. Harris 48 Miss. 710 1873 1 Mississippi
Trego v. Skinner 42 Md. 426 1875 1 Maryland
Brown v. Martin 15 W. Va. 1 1879 1 West Virginia
Kearney v. Kearney 72 Cal. 591 1887 1 California
State v. Wheelock 216 Iowa 1428 1933 1 Iowa
People ex rel. Harrison v. Jackson 298 N.Y. 219 1948 1 New York
Meier & Frank Co. v. Bruce 30 Idaho 732 1917 1 Idaho
Kirtley v. Oregon Short Line Railroad 31 Idaho 40 1917 1 Idaho
Highway District No. 1 v. Fremont County 32 Idaho 473 1919 1 Idaho
Dayton v. Drumheller 32 Idaho 283 1919 1 Idaho
Stevens v. State 27 Md. App. 460 1975 1 Maryland
State v. Berberick 38 Mont. 423 1909 1 Montana
Plains Land & Improvement Co. v. Lynch 38 Mont. 271 1909 1 Montana