| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan v. Buchanan | 99 N.C. 308 | 1888 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Faler v. McRae | 56 Miss. 227 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Hawke v. Lodge | 9 Del. Ch. 146 | 1910 | 1 | Delaware | |
| Citizens Bank v. Murray | 175 N.C. 62 | 1917 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| House v. House | 231 N.C. 218 | 1949 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Kilpatrick v. Kilpatrick | 23 Miss. 124 | 1851 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Goff v. State | 14 So. 3d 625 | 2009 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Dupree v. Daughtridge | 188 N.C. 193 | 1924 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Dibrell v. Dandridge | 51 Miss. 55 | 1875 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Delafield v. Anderson | 15 Miss. 630 | 1846 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Bounds v. Prud'Homme | No. 12-15-00177-CV, 2016 WL 1254072, at *4 (Tex. App. Mar. 31, 2016) | 2017 | 1 | Texas | |
| Ellis v. Ward | 15 Miss. 651 | 1846 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Voncannon v. Hudson Belk Co. of Asheboro, N. C., Inc. | 236 N.C. 709 | 1953 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Heaton v. Wilson | 123 N.C. 398 | 1898 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Moody v. Farr | 27 Miss. 788 | 1854 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Colean Manufacturing Co. v. Johnson | 82 Kan. 655 | 1910 | 1 | Kansas | |
| Harper v. Bibb | 34 Miss. 472 | 1857 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Duckett v. Gerig | 223 Ill. 284 | 1906 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Estell v. Myers | 54 Miss. 174 | 1876 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Dewees v. Dewees | 55 Miss. 315 | 1877 | 1 | Mississippi |