Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Crane v. Executors of Doty 1 Ohio St. 279 1853 1 Ohio
Beard v. Beard 22 W. Va. 130 1883 1 West Virginia
Sutherland v. Sydnor 84 Va. 880 1888 1 Virginia
Coffman v. Coffman 85 Va. 459 1888 1 Virginia
Jennings v. Webb 8 App. D.C. 43 1896 1 District of Columbia
Conner v. Wright 201 Ga. 753 1947 1 Georgia
McConaughy v. Secretary of State 106 Minn. 392 1909 1 Minnesota
Lee v. Lee 161 Mo. 52 1901 1 Missouri
Jamison v. Hay 46 Mo. 546 1870 1 Missouri
Andrews v. Simmons 68 Miss. 732 1891 1 Mississippi
Heirs of Shelby v. Shelby 3 Tenn. 179 1812 1 Tennessee
Coleson v. Blanton 4 Tenn. 153 1816 1 Tennessee
Carver v. Maxwell 110 Tenn. 75 1902 1 Tennessee
Bronson v. Phelps's Estate 58 Vt. 612 1886 1 Vermont
Wallace v. Godfrey 42 F. 812 1890 1 United States
Chapman v. Chick 81 Me. 109 1888 1 Maine
Phillips v. Phillips 93 Ky. 498 1892 1 Kentucky
McClanahan v. Williams 136 Ind. 30 1893 1 Indiana
Webster v. Wathen 97 Ky. 318 1895 1 Kentucky
Lawrence v. Smith 163 Ill. 149 1896 1 Illinois