Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dean v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 912 1879 1 Virginia
Wand v. Wand 155 La. 257 1924 1 Louisiana
State v. Flanagan 26 W. Va. 116 1885 1 West Virginia
Bell v. Rinner 16 Ohio St. 45 1864 1 Ohio
Heywood v. Covington's Heirs 31 Va. 373 1833 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Howell v. Schenck 24 N.J.L. 89 1853 1 New Jersey
State v. Dubina 164 Conn. 95 1972 1 Connecticut
Haydon v. Weltmer 137 Fla. 130 1939 1 Florida
Morrison v. Morrison 158 Fla. 775 1947 1 Florida
Williams v. State 156 Fla. 300 1945 1 Florida
Harrison v. State 152 Fla. 86 1942 1 Florida
Phillips v. Phillips 160 La. 813 1926 1 Louisiana
Orcutt v. Nelson 67 Mass. 536 1854 1 Massachusetts
Kuenne v. Kuenne 219 Md. 101 1959 1 Maryland
Durst v. Durst 225 Md. 175 1961 1 Maryland
In re Estate of Yorke 185 Pa. 61 1898 1 Pennsylvania
McGovern v. City of New York 234 N.Y. 377 1923 1 New York
Whiting v. Hudson Trust Co. 234 N.Y. 394 1923 1 New York
In re the Probate of the Will of Poonarian 234 N.Y. 329 1922 1 New York