Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Allen v. Pannell ex rel. Noland 51 Tex. 165 1879 1 Texas
Lellman v. Mills 15 Wyo. 149 1906 1 Wyoming
Halstead v. Shepard 23 Ala. 558 1853 0 Alabama
Smith v. Smith 1 Tex. 621 1846 1 Texas
Chavez v. McKnight 1 N.M. 147 1857 1 New Mexico
Gaude v. Baudoin 6 La. 722 1834 1 Louisiana
Shropshire v. Burns 46 Ala. 108 1871 0 Alabama
Watson v. Tool & Nicholson 36 Ala. 13 1860 0 Alabama
Life & Fire Insurance v. Adams 34 U.S. 573 1835 1 United States
Middleton v. Holmes 3 Port. 424 1836 0 Alabama
J. A. Fay & Egan Co. v. Lafayette Lumber Co. 9 La. App. 674 1929 1 Louisiana
Turney's Adm'r v. Morrow 26 Ala. 339 1855 0 Alabama
Mastin v. Cullom & Co. 28 Ala. 670 1856 0 Alabama
Planters Bank v. Bass 2 La. Ann. 430 1847 1 Louisiana
Lewis v. Cook 18 Ala. 334 1850 0 Alabama
Yarborough v. Moss 9 Ala. 382 1846 0 Alabama
Varn v. Butte Electric Railway Co. 77 Mont. 124 1926 1 Montana
Broadnax v. Sims' Ex'r. 8 Ala. 497 1845 0 Alabama
Carpenter v. State 23 Ala. 84 1853 0 Alabama
Waring v. Moseley 22 Ala. 667 1853 0 Alabama