Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnstone v. Taliaferro 107 Ga. 6 1899 1 Georgia
Dennis v. Dennis 105 Tenn. 86 1900 1 Tennessee
Moore v. Moore 169 Mo. 432 1902 1 Missouri
In re Estate of De Cigaran 150 Cal. 682 1907 1 California
Commonwealth v. Ray 196 Ky. 203 1922 1 Kentucky
Gadsberry v. Swayze 140 Miss. 726 1925 1 Mississippi
Simpson v. State Compensation Commissioner 114 W. Va. 814 1934 1 West Virginia
Yancey v. First National Bank & Trust Co. 225 Iowa 1279 1938 1 Iowa
Blakely v. Loder 34 Cal. App. 2d 305 1939 1 California
Gallup v. Bailey 46 N.M. 344 1942 1 New Mexico
Faulkner v. Davis 59 Va. 651 1868 1 Virginia
Dixon v. McCue's Adm'x 62 Va. 373 1871 1 Virginia
Capehart's Ex'r v. Dowery 10 W. Va. 130 1877 1 West Virginia
Quesenberry v. Barbour 72 Va. 491 1879 1 Virginia
Reed v. Hedges 16 W. Va. 167 1880 1 West Virginia
Strode v. McCormick 158 Ill. 142 1895 1 Illinois
Shirey v. Clark 72 Ark. 539 1904 1 Arkansas
State v. Alexander 109 La. 557 1903 1 Louisiana
Jewett v. Schmidt 45 Misc. 34 1904 1 New York
Young v. Smith 88 W. Va. 445 1921 1 West Virginia