Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. State ex rel. Fowler 84 Ohio St. 165 1911 1 Ohio
Liles v. State ex rel. Johnson 117 Ark. 408 1915 1 Arkansas
Hoover v. Hoover 131 Va. 522 1920 1 Virginia
Phillips v. State ex rel. Hathcock 82 Ind. App. 356 1925 1 Indiana
In re the Estate of Findlay 253 N.Y. 1 1930 1 New York
Saunders v. Fredette 84 N.H. 414 1930 1 New Hampshire
Rowe v. Rowe 172 Or. 293 1943 1 Oregon
Commonwealth v. Sipe 73 Pa. D. & C. 181 1950 1 Pennsylvania
Phillips v. Kathman-Landry, Inc. 244 La. 686 1963 1 Louisiana
Ellis v. Henderson 204 F.2d 173 1953 1 United States
Phillips v. Kathman-Landry, Inc. 154 So. 2d 363 1963 1 Louisiana
Kowalski v. Wojtkowski 19 N.J. 247 1955 1 New Jersey
Maxwell v. Maxwell 15 Mich. App. 607 1969 1 Michigan
Rumlin v. Lewis 381 So. 2d 194 1980 1 Alabama
Griffin v. Rice 381 S.W.3d 198 2012 1 Kentucky
Lewis v. Long 17 Va. 136 1812 1 Virginia
Dade's Adm'r v. Madison 32 Va. 401 1834 1 Virginia
Drake v. State 186 Md. App. 570 2009 1 Maryland
Orlando Residence Ltd. v. Nelson 348 Wis. 2d 565 2013 1 Wisconsin
Marks v. Marks 75 F. 321 1896 1 United States