Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gay v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 168 1877 1 Texas
Gay v. State 40 Tex. Crim. 242 1899 1 Texas
Merrill v. Comstock 154 Wis. 434 1913 1 Wisconsin
Brandt v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. 4 F. Cas. 26 1874 1 United States
Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. 93 U.S. 326 1876 1 United States
Williams v. Williams 13 Del. Ch. 143 1922 1 Delaware
Sweeney v. Security Trust Co. 116 W. Va. 344 1935 1 West Virginia
Breckinridge v. Denny 71 Ky. 523 1871 1 Kentucky
Greer v. Herren 146 Ala. 640 1906 1 Alabama
Jarrell v. French 43 W. Va. 456 1897 1 West Virginia
First Guaranty Bank v. Carter 563 So. 2d 1240 1990 1 Louisiana
Nobles v. L'Engle 58 Fla. 480 1909 1 Florida
Neal v. Hanson 60 Me. 84 1872 1 Maine
Samuel v. Kittenger 6 Wash. 261 1893 1 Washington
Furth v. Snell 6 Wash. 542 1893 1 Washington
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson v. Peters & Miller Co. 8 Wash. 344 1894 1 Washington
Machebeuf v. Clements 2 Colo. 36 1873 1 Colorado
Gridley v. Wood 344 Ill. 153 1931 1 Illinois
Whitesides v. Cannon 23 Mo. 457 1856 1 Missouri
Allen v. State 277 Ark. 380 1982 1 Arkansas