Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Carney v. Rease 60 W. Va. 676 1906 1 West Virginia
Cushman v. Cushman 102 N.Y.S. 258 1907 1 New York
Jordan's Administrator v. Richmond Home for Ladies 106 Va. 710 1907 1 Virginia
Newman v. Kershaw 10 Wis. 333 1860 1 Wisconsin
Boulware v. Newton 59 Va. 708 1868 1 Virginia
Town of Danville v. Sutherlin 61 Va. 555 1871 1 Virginia
Brown v. Brown 42 Del. 157 1942 1 Delaware
Floyd v. Floyd 91 Fla. 910 1926 1 Florida
Walden v. Walden 169 Ga. 586 1929 1 Georgia
Ayers v. Ayers 191 Ga. 777 1941 1 Georgia
Robertson v. Robertson 207 Ga. 686 1951 1 Georgia
Hay v. Hay 40 Idaho 159 1924 1 Idaho
State v. Ireland 9 Idaho 686 1904 1 Idaho
Bensel v. Hall 177 Minn. 178 1929 1 Minnesota
First National Bank v. Fry 216 Mo. 24 1909 1 Missouri
Dennis v. State 96 Miss. 96 1909 1 Mississippi
Medlin v. Medlin 175 N.C. 529 1918 1 North Carolina
Hoellinger v. Hoellinger 38 N.D. 636 1918 1 North Dakota
Ruge v. Ruge 97 Wash. 51 1917 1 Washington
Jenkins v. Greenbaum 95 Ill. 11 1880 1 Illinois