| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocke v. Garrett | 66 Tenn. 360 | 1874 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Avery v. Johnson | 108 Tex. 294 | 1917 | 1 | Texas | |
| Dakan v. Dakan | 125 Tex. 305 | 1935 | 1 | Texas | |
| Brooker v. Brooker | 130 Tex. 27 | 1937 | 1 | Texas | |
| Lindsley v. Lindsley | 139 Tex. 512 | 1942 | 1 | Texas | |
| Wolkewitz v. Wood | 216 S.W.2d 611 | 1948 | 1 | Texas | |
| Mullanphy ex rel. O'Fallon v. Reilly | 8 Mo. 675 | 1844 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Patterson v. Kates | 152 F. 481 | 1907 | 1 | United States | |
| Succession of Packwood | 9 Rob. 438 | 1845 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Thompson v. Marshall | 21 Or. 171 | 1891 | 1 | Oregon | |
| Splane v. Mitcheltree | 2 La. Ann. 265 | 1847 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Hewitt v. Cox | 55 Ark. 225 | 1891 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| Kurtz v. State | 22 Fla. 36 | 1886 | 1 | Florida | |
| State v. Anderson | 5 Kan. 90 | 1869 | 1 | Kansas | |
| National Bank v. Johnson | 91 Ky. 181 | 1891 | 1 | Kentucky | |
| Keerl v. Keerl | 34 Md. 21 | 1871 | 1 | Maryland | |
| McLane v. Hobbs | 74 Md. 166 | 1891 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Abbott v. City of Bangor | 54 Me. 540 | 1867 | 1 | Maine | |
| State v. Cutshall | 110 N.C. 538 | 1892 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| In re Briscoe | 51 How. Pr. 422 | 1876 | 1 | New York |