Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Smith v. Wade 461 U.S. 30 1983 1 United States
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Alabama
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488, 169 So. 521 (La.1936) 1936 1 Louisiana
Williams v. Georgia 349 U.S. 375 1955 1 United States
Moebus v. Becker 46 N.J.L. 41 1884 1 New Jersey
In re Conservatorship of Groves 109 S.W.3d 317 2003 1 Tennessee
Bullard v. Farrar 33 Ga. 620 1863 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Priestly v. Watkins 62 Miss. 798 1885 1 Mississippi
Powers v. Wright Bro's 62 Miss. 35 1884 1 Mississippi
State v. Yanez 716 A.2d 759 1998 1 Rhode Island
State ex rel. DaPonte v. Board of Assessors 35 La. Ann. 651 1883 1 Louisiana
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Keepers v. Fidelity Title & Deposit Co. 56 N.J.L. 302 1893 1 New Jersey
People ex rel. Eakins v. Roosevelt 14 Misc. 531 1895 1 New York
Daniels v. Moses 12 S.C. 130 1879 1 South Carolina
King v. Merryman 196 Va. 844 1955 1 Virginia
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
United States v. Krebs 104 F. Supp. 670 1951 1 United States
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Louisiana
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Alabama