Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gardner v. Lanford 86 Ala. 508 1888 1 Alabama
Miller v. Miller 335 So. 2d 767 1976 1 Louisiana
Herron v. Herron 47 Ohio St. 544 1890 1 Ohio
Cross v. Armstrong 44 Ohio St. 613 1887 1 Ohio
Town Council of Cahaba v. Burnett 34 Ala. 400 1859 1 Alabama
Lombardi v. Shero 14 Tex. Civ. App. 594 1896 1 Texas
Wootton v. White 90 Md. 64 1899 1 Maryland
Jones v. Adams 37 Or. 473 1900 1 Oregon
Childers v. Loudin 51 W. Va. 559 1902 1 West Virginia
McCormick v. Terry 147 Va. 448 1927 1 Virginia
Davis v. Davis 92 Iowa 147 1894 1 Iowa
Commonwealth v. Jenkins 76 Mass. 485 1858 1 Massachusetts
Howe v. Freeman 80 Mass. 566 1860 1 Massachusetts
Toll v. Moreno 284 Md. 425 1979 1 Maryland
Offutt v. Montgomery County Board of Education 285 Md. 557 1979 1 Maryland
Gardner v. State 286 Md. 520 1979 1 Maryland
Bobbitt v. Brownlow 62 N.C. 252 1867 1 North Carolina
Frost v. Reynolds 39 N.C. 494 1847 1 North Carolina
White v. Attorney General 39 N.C. 19 1845 1 North Carolina
Isenberg v. Trent Trust Co. 31 F.2d 553 1929 1 United States