Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mercer v. Hopkins 88 Md. 292 1898 1 Maryland
Small v. Small 90 Md. 550 1900 1 Maryland
Alfred Richards Brick Co. v. Trott 16 App. D.C. 293 1900 1 District of Columbia
Robertson v. Southerland 22 App. D.C. 595 1903 1 District of Columbia
Vann v. State 83 Ga. 44 1889 1 Georgia
Crawford v. State 90 Ga. 701 1893 1 Georgia
State v. Lauth 46 Or. 342 1905 1 Oregon
State v. Johnson 74 S.C. 401 1906 1 South Carolina
Angle v. Marshall 55 W. Va. 671 1904 1 West Virginia
Raffel v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 100 Md. 141 1905 1 Maryland
Cribbs v. Walker 74 Ark. 104 1905 1 Arkansas
Smith v. Proctor 139 N.C. 314 1905 1 North Carolina
Lanius v. Fletcher 100 Tex. 550 1907 1 Texas
Washington Home for Incurables v. American Security & Trust Co. 38 App. D.C. 421 1912 1 District of Columbia
Jacobs v. Hill 29 Va. 393 1830 1 Virginia
Niles v. Gray 12 Ohio St. 320 1861 1 Ohio
Bergland v. Owen 48 App. D.C. 26 1918 1 District of Columbia
Peter v. Peter 136 Md. 157 1920 1 Maryland
Dickey v. Walrond 200 Cal. 335 1927 1 California
Brooks v. Sprague 157 Md. 160 1929 1 Maryland