Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cobb v. Norwood 11 Tex. 556 1854 0 Texas
Pickens v. Oliver 29 Ala. 528 1857 0 Alabama
Manly v. William B. Culver's Heirs 20 Tex. 143 1857 0 Texas
Wade v. De Witt 20 Tex. 398 1857 0 Texas
Young v. Parish of East Baton Rouge 116 La. 379 1906 1 Louisiana
Ordway v. White 80 Ala. 244 1885 1 Alabama
Gilkerson-Sloss Commission Co. v. London 53 Ark. 88 1890 1 Arkansas
Harrison v. Hamner 99 Ala. 603 1892 1 Alabama
Winkle v. Anderson 225 Ala. 38 1932 1 Alabama
Devencenzi v. Cassinelli 28 Nev. 273 1905 1 Nevada
Pine Bluff & Arkansas River Railway Co. v. Washington 116 Ark. 179 1915 1 Arkansas
Oliphant v. Town of Lake Providence 193 La. 675 1939 1 Louisiana
Oliphant v. Town of Lake Providence 192 So. 95 1939 1 Louisiana
Valence v. State 280 So. 2d 651 1973 1 Louisiana
The Schooner Adeline & Cargo 13 U.S. 244 1815 1 United States
Matthews v. Matthews 220 So. 2d 246 1969 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Scholtz 68 N.Y. 41 1877 1 New York
Eisberg v. Shultz 38 N.J. Eq. 293 1884 1 New Jersey
Levy v. Michon Bros. 142 La. 825 1918 1 Louisiana
Interdiction of Wenger 147 La. 422 1920 1 Louisiana