Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Toebbe v. Williams 80 Ky. 661 1883 1 Kentucky
White v. Summerville 283 Mo. 268 1920 1 Missouri
Eby v. Shank 196 Pa. 426 1900 1 Pennsylvania
Clapp v. Clapp 6 R.I. 129 1859 1 Rhode Island
Donnelly v. Edelen 40 Md. 117 1874 1 Maryland
Meakin v. Duvall 43 Md. 372 1875 1 Maryland
Deraismes v. Deraismes 72 N.Y. 154 1878 1 New York
Parker v. Parker 126 Mass. 433 1879 1 Massachusetts
Gardenville Permanent Loan Ass'n v. Walker 52 Md. 452 1879 1 Maryland
Borst v. Crommie 26 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 209 1879 1 New York
Wood v. Seward 4 Redf. 271 1880 1 New York
Shuttleworth v. Shuttleworth 34 W. Va. 17 1890 1 West Virginia
Denfield 156 Mass. 265 1892 1 Massachusetts
Dodge v. Hogan 19 R.I. 4 1893 1 Rhode Island
Independent Ice & Distilled Water Manufacturing Co. v. Anderson 106 La. 55 1901 1 Louisiana
Downes v. Long 79 Md. 382 1894 1 Maryland
Whitney v. Hay 15 App. D.C. 164 1899 1 District of Columbia
Warner v. Bullen 123 Ill. App. 138 1905 1 Illinois
Offutt v. Offutt 106 Md. 236 1907 1 Maryland
In re the Estate of Burr 11 Mills Surr. 317 1913 1 New York