Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Buchanan County v. Imel 280 Mo. 554 1920 1 Missouri
Melton v. Watkins 24 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Weaver v. Weaver 182 Ill. 287 1899 1 Illinois
Neely v. Buster 50 Cal. App. 695 1920 1 California
Massey v. Pentecost 206 Ala. 411 1921 1 Alabama
Boyd v. Gilchrist 15 Ala. 849 1849 1 Alabama
McLemore v. Benbow 19 Ala. 76 1851 1 Alabama
Atwood v. Pierson 9 Ala. 656 1846 1 Alabama
Gee v. Ala. Life Ins. & Trust Co. 16 Ala. 637 1849 1 Alabama
Stodder v. Grant & Nickels 28 Ala. 416 1856 1 Alabama
Cain v. Gimon 36 Ala. 168 1860 1 Alabama
Marston v. Rowe 43 Ala. 271 1869 1 Alabama
Blakeslee v. Mobile Life Insurance 57 Ala. 205 1876 1 Alabama
Campbell v. Woodstock Iron Co. 83 Ala. 351 1887 1 Alabama
Bowdoin v. Bedsole 199 Ala. 648 1917 1 Alabama
Marsh v. Lapp 180 Cal. 231 1919 1 California
Chenault v. Milan 205 Ala. 310 1920 1 Alabama
Colver v. W. B. Scarborough Co. 73 Cal. App. 441 1925 1 California
Dewberry v. Bank of Standing Rock 227 Ala. 484 1933 1 Alabama
Faivret v. First Nat. Bank in Richmond 160 F.2d 827 1947 1 United States