Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re the Estate of Findlay 253 N.Y. 1 1930 1 New York
Saunders v. Fredette 84 N.H. 414 1930 1 New Hampshire
Rowe v. Rowe 172 Or. 293 1943 1 Oregon
Commonwealth v. Sipe 73 Pa. D. & C. 181 1950 1 Pennsylvania
Phillips v. Kathman-Landry, Inc. 244 La. 686 1963 1 Louisiana
Carpenter’s Estate 170 Pa. 203 1895 1 Pennsylvania
Ellis v. Henderson 204 F.2d 173 1953 1 United States
Phillips v. Kathman-Landry, Inc. 154 So. 2d 363 1963 1 Louisiana
Kowalski v. Wojtkowski 19 N.J. 247 1955 1 New Jersey
Maxwell v. Maxwell 15 Mich. App. 607 1969 1 Michigan
Rumlin v. Lewis 381 So. 2d 194 1980 1 Alabama
Griffin v. Rice 381 S.W.3d 198 2012 1 Kentucky
Lewis v. Long 17 Va. 136 1812 1 Virginia
Dade's Adm'r v. Madison 32 Va. 401 1834 1 Virginia
Drake v. State 186 Md. App. 570 2009 1 Maryland
Orlando Residence Ltd. v. Nelson 348 Wis. 2d 565 2013 1 Wisconsin
Marks v. Marks 75 F. 321 1896 1 United States
Bankers’ Trust Co. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 251 F. 789 1918 1 United States
Bickel v. Mackie 447 F. Supp. 1376 1978 1 United States
Gaines' Adm'r v. Alexander 48 Va. 257 1851 1 Virginia