Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McLean v. State 55 Tenn. 22 1873 1 Tennessee
Watson v. Ryan 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 40 1875 1 Tennessee
White v. White 129 Va. 621 1921 1 Virginia
Rosenberg v. Mason 157 Va. 215 1931 1 Virginia
Gardner v. Brown 88 U.S. 36 1874 1 United States
Jones v. Jenkins 3 Wash. 17 1891 1 Washington
Driscoll v. Driscoll 143 Cal. 528 1904 1 California
Lindsey v. Lindsey 62 Ga. 546 1879 1 Georgia
Buell v. Buckingham & Co. 16 Iowa 284 1864 1 Iowa
Holmes v. Hall 8 Mich. 66 1860 1 Michigan
Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. Auditor General 41 Mich. 635 1879 1 Michigan
Cawfield v. Owens 129 N.C. 286 1901 1 North Carolina
Hurley v. Estes 6 Neb. 386 1877 1 Nebraska
Curriden v. Chandler 79 N.H. 269 1919 1 New Hampshire
Simpson v. Hillis 30 Okla. 561 1911 1 Oklahoma
Hobbs v. Young 30 Okla. 271 1911 1 Oklahoma
Shugart v. Shugart 111 Tenn. 179 1903 1 Tennessee
Scott v. Union & Planters’ Bank & Trust Co. 123 Tenn. 258 1910 1 Tennessee
Battle v. Claiborne 133 Tenn. 286 1915 1 Tennessee
Gill v. McKinney 140 Tenn. 549 1918 1 Tennessee