Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bynum v. Frederick 81 Ala. 489 1886 1 Alabama
Linn v. Wright 18 Tex. 317 1857 1 Texas
Morris v. Morris 20 Ala. 168 1852 1 Alabama
Holston v. Holston 23 Ala. 777 1853 1 Alabama
Cane v. Cane 39 N.J. Eq. 148 1884 1 New Jersey
McCanna v. McCanna 28 N.D. 30 1914 1 North Dakota
Radle v. Radle 204 Iowa 82 1927 1 Iowa
Hendrix v. Hendrix 250 Ala. 309 1948 1 Alabama
Lyall v. Lyall 250 Ala. 635 1948 1 Alabama
Bryan v. Bryan 271 Ala. 625 1961 1 Alabama
Mason v. Mason 276 Ala. 265 1964 1 Alabama
Cooper v. Cooper 57 Ala. App. 674 1976 1 Alabama
Cooper v. Cooper 331 So. 2d 689 1976 1 Alabama
J.P. v. Calhoun County Department of Human Resources 222 So. 3d 1177 2016 1 Alabama
State v. Brinyea 5 Ala. 241 1843 1 Alabama
Ivey v. Phifer 13 Ala. 821 1848 1 Alabama
Atchison v. Steam Boat "Dr. Franklin" 14 Mo. 63 1851 1 Missouri
State v. Bartlett 43 N.H. 224 1861 1 New Hampshire
People v. Myers 20 Cal. 518 1862 1 California
Smith v. State 1 Kan. 365 1863 1 Kansas