Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Nickodemus v. Nickodemus 45 Mich. 385 1881 1 Michigan
State v. Waghalter 177 Mo. 676 1903 1 Missouri
Hallyburton v. Slagle 132 N.C. 947 1903 1 North Carolina
Phillips v. Nereaux 357 So. 2d 813 1978 1 Louisiana
Garvin v. Paul 47 N.H. 158 1866 1 New Hampshire
State v. Smith 33 Nev. 438 1910 1 Nevada
Halstead v. Cooper 12 R.I. 500 1880 1 Rhode Island
Alexander v. Beadle 47 Tenn. 126 1869 1 Tennessee
Maxwell v. Hill 89 Tenn. 584 1891 1 Tennessee
Warren v. Warren 11 Tenn. App. 338 1930 1 Tennessee
Swindoll v. Jones 41 Tenn. App. 89 1954 1 Tennessee
Glasgow's Lessee v. Smith 1 Tenn. 144 1805 1 Tennessee
Scriba v. Deane 21 F. Cas. 870 1810 1 United States
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Mayo 8 Tex. Civ. App. 164 1894 1 Texas
Polk v. Hill 19 F. Cas. 921 1811 1 United States
Alston v. Munford 1 F. Cas. 577 1814 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Selden 19 Va. 160 1816 1 Virginia
Dill v. People 19 Colo. 469 1894 1 Colorado
Hatcher's Administrator v. Hatcher's Executors 22 Va. 53 1822 1 Virginia
Miller v. Stewart 22 U.S. 680 1824 1 United States