Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Twomey v. Clausohm 234 So. 2d 338 1970 1 Florida
Brown v. Pasternak 619 So. 2d 992 1993 1 Florida
Brown v. Avery ex rel. Avery 63 Fla. 355 1912 1 Florida
Rochereau v. Harvey 18 La. Ann. 391 1866 1 Louisiana
Mills v. Mills 26 Conn. 213 1857 1 Connecticut
Smith v. Lovejoy 62 Ga. 372 1879 1 Georgia
Hines v. Donaldson 193 Ga. 783 1942 1 Georgia
Chickering v. Failes 29 Ill. 294 1862 1 Illinois
Walker v. State 102 Ind. 502 1885 1 Indiana
Brockmeyer v. Washington National Bank 40 Kan. 744 1889 1 Kansas
First National Bank v. Ridenour, Baker & Co. 46 Kan. 707 1891 1 Kansas
Churchill v. Emerick 56 Mich. 536 1885 1 Michigan
Nichols v. Randall 5 Minn. 304 1861 1 Minnesota
Fish v. Fish 307 S.W.2d 46 1957 1 Missouri
Ross v. Woodville 18 Va. 324 1815 0 SC of Appeals VA
Clarke v. Town Council 18 R.I. 283 1893 1 Rhode Island
Taylor v. Winsor 30 R.I. 44 1909 1 Rhode Island
Justice v. McBroom 69 Tenn. 555 1878 1 Tennessee
Coleman v. State 121 Tenn. 1 1908 1 Tennessee
Pass v. State 181 Tenn. 613 1944 1 Tennessee