Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Weir v. Clayton 19 Ala. 132 1851 1 Alabama
Laughinghouse v. Laughinghouse 38 Ala. 257 1862 1 Alabama
Ex parte Trice 53 Ala. 546 1875 1 Alabama
Wilkinson v. Ketler 59 Ala. 306 1877 1 Alabama
Stephenson v. Brunson 83 Ala. 455 1887 1 Alabama
Dismukes v. State 83 Ala. 287 1887 1 Alabama
People ex rel. West Shore Railroad v. Adams 125 N.Y. 471 1891 1 New York
Heckman v. Adams 50 Ohio St. 305 1893 1 Ohio
Porter v. Ritch 70 Conn. 235 1898 1 Connecticut
Jones v. Learned 17 Colo. App. 76 1902 1 Colorado
Rule v. Geddes 23 App. D.C. 31 1904 1 District of Columbia
In re Brown 39 Wash. 160 1905 1 Washington
In re Bunting's Estate 30 Utah 251 1906 1 Utah
State v. Thomas 236 N.C. 454 1952 1 North Carolina
In re Allen 82 Vt. 365 1909 1 Vermont
Howard v. State 172 Ala. 402 1911 1 Alabama
Shirley v. Ezell 180 Ala. 352 1913 1 Alabama
Frederic v. Wilkins 182 Ala. 343 1913 1 Alabama
Byrne v. Fulkerson 254 Mo. 97 1914 1 Missouri
Watson v. Adams 187 Ala. 490 1914 1 Alabama