Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Claiborne v. State 113 Tenn. 261 1904 1 Tennessee
Morris v. Williams 88 So. 2d 721 1956 1 Louisiana
Allen v. Pannell ex rel. Noland 51 Tex. 165 1879 1 Texas
Lellman v. Mills 15 Wyo. 149 1906 1 Wyoming
State v. Pigques 310 S.W.2d 942 1958 1 Missouri
Smith v. Smith 1 Tex. 621 1846 1 Texas
Chavez v. McKnight 1 N.M. 147 1857 1 New Mexico
Gaude v. Baudoin 6 La. 722 1834 1 Louisiana
Moreland v. Brady 8 Or. 303 1880 1 Oregon
Marx v. Goodnough 16 Or. 26 1888 1 Oregon
Life & Fire Insurance v. Adams 34 U.S. 573 1835 1 United States
Blackford v. Anderson 226 Iowa 1138 1939 1 Iowa
J. A. Fay & Egan Co. v. Lafayette Lumber Co. 9 La. App. 674 1929 1 Louisiana
Memphis Stone & Gravel Co. v. Archer 137 Miss. 558 1925 1 Mississippi
Allen v. Moore 86 N.J. Eq. 357 1916 1 New Jersey
Planters Bank v. Bass 2 La. Ann. 430 1847 1 Louisiana
Clark v. Whitfield 218 Ala. 593 1928 1 Alabama
Gardner v. Gardner 10 R.I. 211 1872 1 Rhode Island
Varn v. Butte Electric Railway Co. 77 Mont. 124 1926 1 Montana
Brooks v. Austin 95 N.C. 474 1886 1 North Carolina