Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bartlett v. Bartlett 37 W. Va. 235 1892 1 West Virginia
Morris v. Board of Canvassers 49 W. Va. 251 1901 1 West Virginia
Jurgensmeier v. Jurgensmeier 142 Neb. 188 1942 1 Nebraska
Pendleton v. Bell 32 Mo. 100 1862 1 Missouri
Trustees of Berkeley Divinity School v. Jarvis 32 Conn. 412 1865 1 Connecticut
Gallman v. Perrie 47 Miss. 131 1872 1 Mississippi
Thornburg v. Thornburg 18 W. Va. 522 1881 1 West Virginia
Ashworth v. Brown 111 Va. 356 1910 1 Virginia
Dabney's Adm'r v. Smith's Legatees 32 Va. 13 1834 1 Virginia
Wright v. Eaves 31 S.C. Eq. 582 1855 1 South Carolina
Hutchinson v. Ayres 117 Ill. 558 1886 1 Illinois
Corderey v. Hughes 6 Ill. App. 401 1880 1 Illinois
State ex rel. Gable v. Coale 51 Md. 352 1879 1 Maryland
Wooden v. Kerr 91 Mich. 188 1892 1 Michigan
Fendler v. Dewald 14 Mo. App. 60 1883 1 Missouri
Brookhaven Lumber & Mfg. Co. v. Illinois Central R. R. 68 Miss. 432 1890 1 Mississippi
Bowman Bank & Trust Co. v. First National Bank 18 N.M. 589 1914 1 New Mexico
Brick v. Brick 66 N.Y. 144 1876 1 New York
Children's Aid Society v. Loveridge 70 N.Y. 387 1877 1 New York
Parish's Heirs v. Ferris 6 Ohio St. 563 1856 1 Ohio