| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▼ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr v. Hill | 27 W. Va. 576 | 1886 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| McAllister v. Lawler | 32 Mo. App. 91 | 1888 | 1 | Missouri | |
| 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 | |
| State v. Wheat | 63 Vt. 673 | 1890 | 1 | Vermont | |
| 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 |