Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Rosa v. Rosa 296 Mass. 271 1936 1 Massachusetts
State v. Black 239 Ala. 644 1940 1 Alabama
Durlacher v. Durlacher 35 F. Supp. 1005 1940 1 United States
Ex parte Hale 246 Ala. 40 1944 1 Alabama
Jones v. Jones 249 Ala. 386 1947 1 Alabama
Jennings v. Jennings 251 Ala. 73 1948 1 Alabama
Summers v. Summers 69 Nev. 83 1952 1 Nevada
Thornton v. Thornton 272 Ala. 4 1961 1 Alabama
Lorillard v. Lorillard 272 Ala. 380 1961 1 Alabama
Maddox v. Maddox 276 Ala. 197 1964 1 Alabama
Diaz v. Chapman 373 So. 2d 339 1979 1 Alabama
Marshall v. Marshall 4 Thomp. & Cook 449 1874 1 New York
Thorp v. Thorp 47 N.Y. Super. Ct. 80 1881 1 New York
Crawford v. State 73 Miss. 172 1895 1 Mississippi
Willey v. Willey 22 Wash. 115 1900 1 Washington
Lanham v. Lanham 136 Wis. 360 1908 1 Wisconsin
Boyles v. Wallace 208 Ala. 213 1922 1 Alabama
Smith v. Goldsmith 223 Ala. 155 1931 1 Alabama
Brand v. State 30 Ala. App. 322 1941 1 Alabama
Taylor v. B. Bank at Huntsville 14 Ala. 633 1848 1 Alabama