Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. Turbeville 90 Ga. App. 367 1954 1 Georgia
Parker v. Davis 225 La. 359 1954 1 Louisiana
In re the Estate of Weeks 29 N.J. Super. 533 1954 1 New Jersey
Gatling v. Gatling 239 N.C. 215 1954 1 North Carolina
Thompson v. State 220 Miss. 200 1954 1 Mississippi
Hughes v. Hughes 125 Cal. App. 2d 781 1954 1 California
Bowen v. Darden 241 N.C. 11 1954 1 North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Mahoney 331 Mass. 510 1954 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Nelson 377 Pa. 58 1954 1 Pennsylvania
Trustees of Duncan Memorial Methodist Church v. Ray 195 Va. 803 1954 1 Virginia
Benson v. Benson 204 Md. 601 1954 1 Maryland
State v. Oats 32 N.J. Super. 435 1954 1 New Jersey
Goetz v. Old National Bank of Martinsburg 140 W. Va. 422 1954 1 West Virginia
Dietz v. Dietz 227 La. 801 1955 1 Louisiana
Ducuy v. Falgoust 83 So. 2d 118 1955 1 Louisiana
Foster v. Reiss 18 N.J. 41 1955 1 New Jersey
Williams v. Georgia 349 U.S. 375 1955 1 United States
Amalgamated Clothing Workers v. Richman Bros. 348 U.S. 511 1955 1 United States
Lyons v. Goodman 78 So. 2d 424 1955 1 Louisiana
Babb v. Kersh 92 Ga. App. 346 1955 1 Georgia