Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
McCargo v. Merchants Insurance 10 Rob. 349 1845 0 Louisiana
Schmitheimer v. Eiseman 70 Ky. 298 1870 1 Kentucky
Ball v. Hancock’s Adm’r 82 Ky. 107 1884 1 Kentucky
Jones v. Thomasson 159 Ky. 196 1914 1 Kentucky
McAlpine v. McAlpine 116 Me. 321 1917 1 Maine
Mercier v. Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad 54 Mo. 506 1874 1 Missouri
State v. Schlachter 61 N.C. 520 1868 1 North Carolina
Harris v. Harris 115 N.C. 587 1894 1 North Carolina
State v. Herron 175 N.C. 754 1917 1 North Carolina
Bonnett-Brown Corp. v. Coble 195 N.C. 491 1928 1 North Carolina
Coble v. Coble 229 N.C. 81 1948 1 North Carolina
Doughty v. Doughty 27 N.J. Eq. 315 1876 1 New Jersey
Felt v. Felt 59 N.J. Eq. 606 1899 1 New Jersey
Hunt v. Hunt 72 N.Y. 217 1878 1 New York
Mellen v. Mellen 10 Abb. N. Cas. 329 1882 1 New York
Gentry v. Lanneau 54 S.C. 514 1899 1 South Carolina
Atherton v. Atherton 181 U.S. 155 1901 1 United States
Haddock v. Haddock 201 U.S. 562 1906 1 United States
Williamson v. Osenton 232 U.S. 619 1914 1 United States