Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gillespie v. W. A. Ransom Lumber Co. 234 F.2d 285 1956 1 United States
Sowell v. Sowell 212 Ga. 351 1956 1 Georgia
Abraham v. Abraham 87 So. 2d 735 1956 1 Louisiana
Reed v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. 228 Miss. 121 1956 1 Mississippi
Bailey v. Muse 227 Miss. 51 1956 1 Mississippi
Abraham v. Abraham 230 La. 78 1956 1 Louisiana
York v. Harper 91 So. 2d 423 1956 1 Louisiana
United Geophysical Co. v. Vela 231 F.2d 816 1956 1 United States
Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance v. Union Compress & Warehouse Co. 143 F. Supp. 128 1956 1 United States
Newman v. Smith 226 Miss. 465 1956 1 Mississippi
Raley v. Shirley 228 Miss. 631 1956 1 Mississippi
Wall v. Blalock 245 N.C. 232 1956 1 North Carolina
Woolard v. Smith 244 N.C. 489 1956 1 North Carolina
Morris v. Morris 245 N.C. 30 1956 1 North Carolina
State v. Duncan 244 N.C. 374 1956 1 North Carolina
Nance v. Fike 244 N.C. 368 1956 1 North Carolina
White v. Lockhart 86 So. 2d 397 1956 1 Louisiana
White v. Lockhart 229 La. 611 1956 1 Louisiana
State v. Cannon 244 N.C. 399 1956 1 North Carolina
Edwards v. Butler 244 N.C. 205 1956 1 North Carolina