Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Perkins v. Skates 220 Ala. 216 1929 1 Alabama
Bern v. Rosen 36 Ala. App. 296 1951 1 Alabama
Pettingill v. Drake 14 Ill. App. 424 1884 1 Illinois
Hurt v. Hurt 157 Ala. 126 1908 1 Alabama
Townsend v. Miles 167 Ala. 514 1910 1 Alabama
Kimball v. Cunningham Hdw. Co. 197 Ala. 631 1916 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Perkins 214 Ala. 155 1926 1 Alabama
Caheen v. First Nat. Bank 230 Ala. 105 1935 1 Alabama
Lapham v. Martin 33 Ohio St. 99 1877 1 Ohio
Oklahoma Nat. Life Ins. v. Norton 44 Okla. 783 1915 1 Oklahoma
Church v. Church 15 R.I. 138 1885 1 Rhode Island
Kennedy v. Mangan 278 F. 1009 1922 1 United States
Torre v. Chesnut 159 S.C. 282 1931 1 South Carolina
Morgan County Nat. Bank v. Nelson 244 Ala. 374 1943 1 Alabama
Allison v. Chandler 11 Mich. 542 1863 1 Michigan
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Criminal Indiana
United States v. Andrews 24 F. Cas. 815 1820 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
United States v. Reed 27 F. Cas. 727 1852 0 Criminal Circuit Court, N.D. New York
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Criminal New Hampshire