Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Wilson v. State 243 Ala. 1 1942 1 Alabama
Smarr v. State 260 Ala. 30 1953 1 Alabama
Ruth v. Fenchel 37 N.J. Super. 295 1955 1 New Jersey
Wiggins v. State 39 Ala. App. 433 1958 1 Alabama
Jones v. Bloom 388 Mich. 98 1972 1 Michigan
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Nichols 393 So. 2d 966 1981 1 Alabama
Trull v. Long 621 So. 2d 1278 1993 1 Alabama
Crothers v. Lee 29 Ala. 337 1856 1 Alabama
Pitts v. Powledge 56 Ala. 147 1876 1 Alabama
Ray's Adm'r v. Womble 56 Ala. 32 1876 1 Alabama
Winter v. Merrick & Sons 69 Ala. 86 1881 1 Alabama
Olmstead v. Abbott 61 Vt. 281 1888 1 Vermont
Skains v. Barnes 168 Ala. 426 1910 1 Alabama
Norris v. Elliott 39 Cal. 72 1870 1 California
Hinkle v. Davenport 38 Iowa 355 1874 1 Iowa
Chamberlin v. Vance 51 Cal. 75 1875 1 California
State ex rel. Brainerd v. Thayer 80 Mo. 436 1883 1 Missouri
Vifquain v. Finch 15 Neb. 505 1884 1 Nebraska
Welker v. Butler 15 Ill. App. 209 1884 1 Illinois
Dexter v. Harrison 146 Ill. 169 1893 1 Illinois