Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Bankers’ Trust Co. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 251 F. 789 1918 1 United States
Bickel v. Mackie 447 F. Supp. 1376 1978 1 United States
Gaines' Adm'r v. Alexander 48 Va. 257 1851 1 Virginia
County of Mahaska v. Ingalls 16 Iowa 81 1864 1 Iowa
Sumner v. Cook 12 Kan. 166 1873 1 Kansas
Simmerman v. Songer 70 Va. 9 1877 1 Virginia
Anderson v. Cranmer 11 W. Va. 562 1877 1 West Virginia
In re Will of Ames 51 Iowa 596 1879 1 Iowa
Whitelaw's Adm'r v. Whitelaw's Adm'r 96 Va. 712 1899 1 Virginia
Isenberg v. Trent Trust Co. 31 F.2d 553 1929 1 United States