Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 125 Ill. 626 1888 1 Illinois
Lake Roland Elevated Ry. Co. v. Weir 86 Md. 273 1897 1 Maryland
Brewer v. Bowersox 92 Md. 567 1901 1 Maryland
Myers v. Myers 75 N.J.L. 610 1907 1 New Jersey
Lusby v. State 217 Md. 191 1958 1 Maryland
Merling v. Merling 98 Md. App. 243 1993 1 Maryland
Rich v. Boyce 39 Md. 314 1874 1 Maryland
Estep v. Mackey 52 Md. 592 1879 1 Maryland
Holt v. Pickett 111 Ala. 362 1895 1 Alabama
Beam v. Copeland 54 Ark. 70 1890 1 Arkansas
Beavers v. Davis 110 Ga. App. 248 1964 1 Georgia
Murray v. State 201 Ga. 201 1946 1 Georgia
Patterson v. Collier 1 Ga. L. Rep. 103 1885 1 Georgia
Patterson v. Collier 75 Ga. 419 1885 1 Georgia
Curtis v. Armagast 158 Iowa 507 1912 1 Iowa
Newcomb v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 182 Mo. 687 1904 1 Missouri
Gregory v. Cheatham 36 Mo. 155 1865 1 Missouri
Owens v. Estate of Owens 84 Miss. 673 1904 1 Mississippi
Barclay v. Hughes 1 Miles 19 1835 1 Pennsylvania
Coombs v. Jordan 3 Bland 284 1810 1 Maryland