Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Bradley 108 Wis. 467 1901 1 Wisconsin
Succession of Bell 193 So. 645 1939 1 Louisiana
Slaton v. King 30 So. 2d 867 1947 1 Louisiana
Barnett v. Barnett 339 So. 2d 495 1976 1 Louisiana
Aaron v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. 159 Mo. App. 307 1911 1 Missouri
Howe v. Treasurer of Plainfield 37 N.J.L. 145 1874 1 New Jersey
Abbate v. United States 5 Alaska Fed. 39 1921 1 United States
Abbate v. United States 359 U.S. 187 1959 1 United States
Thompson v. Thompson 5 W. Va. 190 1872 1 West Virginia
Marks, Rothenberg & Co. v. N. H. & R. L. Bradley 69 Miss. 1 1891 1 Mississippi
Conkling v. Coonrod 6 Ohio St. 611 1856 1 Ohio
Doolittle v. Lyman 44 N.H. 608 1860 1 New Hampshire
Jordan v. Sigmon 194 N.C. 707 1927 1 North Carolina
Holliday v. McKinne 22 Fla. 153 1886 1 Florida
People v. Petrea 64 How. Pr. 139 1882 1 New York
Hardin v. State 22 Ind. 347 1864 1 Indiana
Whelan v. Reilly 5 W. Va. 356 1872 1 West Virginia