Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fontaine v. Fontaine 169 Ark. 1077 1925 1 Arkansas
Union Sawmill Co. v. Lake Lumber Co. 117 La. 930 1906 1 Louisiana
Campbell v. Detroit Trust Co. 275 Mich. 278 1936 1 Michigan
Salyers v. Salyers 186 Va. 927 1947 1 Virginia
McWilliams v. Smith 254 So. 2d 370 1971 1 Florida
Peel v. Bryson 72 Ga. 331 1884 1 Georgia
Critchell v. Brown 72 Ind. 539 1880 1 Indiana
Anderson v. Crist 113 Ind. 65 1888 1 Indiana
Barrow v. Duplantis 148 La. 149 1920 1 Louisiana
Noe v. Kern 93 Mo. 367 1887 1 Missouri
Murphy v. Carlin 113 Mo. 112 1892 1 Missouri
Knapp v. Publishers George Knapp & Co. 127 Mo. 53 1895 1 Missouri
Rector v. Alcorn 88 Miss. 788 1906 1 Mississippi
Watson v. Riley 101 Neb. 511 1917 1 Nebraska
Riggs v. Cragg 89 N.Y. 479 1882 1 New York
Hodges v. Snyder 45 S.D. 149 1922 1 South Dakota
Richardson v. Paige 54 Vt. 373 1882 1 Vermont
Bachrach v. Rose 324 So. 2d 703 1975 1 Florida
Poyer v. Burris 533 So. 2d 888 1988 1 Florida
Rhea v. Bagley 63 Ark. 374 1897 1 Arkansas