Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lee v. Oates 171 N.C. 717 1916 1 North Carolina
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Manguno v. City of New Orleans 155 So. 41 1934 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Satterfield v. Mayes 30 Tenn. 58 1850 0 Tennessee
Greenfield v. First Commercial Bank 61 Md. App. 420 1985 1 Maryland
Brewster v. Hewes 113 La. 45 1904 1 Louisiana
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Alabama
Johnson v. Johnson 53 Tenn. 240 1871 0 Tennessee
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Dean v. Dean 8 Va. App. 143 1989 1 Virginia