Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Succession of Seals 142 So. 2d 629 1962 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
County of Calaveras v. Brockway 30 Cal. 325 1866 1 California
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
Crawford v. Blackburn 19 Md. 40 1862 0 Maryland
People v. Defoor 100 Cal. 150 1893 1 California
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Machen v. Machen 15 Ala. 373 1849 0 Alabama
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Delaware
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 Louisiana
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
Coreil v. Vidrine 177 So. 233 1937 1 Louisiana
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Alabama
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
McKee's Administrators v. McKee's Administrators 16 Md. 516 1861 0 Maryland
People v. Rodriguez 10 Cal. 50 1858 1 California