Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Zoeller v. Schmitz 172 Ill. App. 167 1912 1 Illinois
Roth v. Roth 104 Ill. 35 1882 1 Illinois
Hortman-Salmen Co. v. White 168 La. 1057 1929 1 Louisiana
Succession of Quintero 209 La. 279 1945 1 Louisiana
Eayrs v. Nason 54 Neb. 143 1898 1 Nebraska
Young v. State 74 Neb. 346 1905 1 Nebraska
Liebscher v. State 69 Neb. 395 1903 1 Nebraska
Stang v. Hertz Corp. 81 N.M. 69 1969 1 New Mexico
Butz v. Richland Tp. 28 S.D. 442 1912 1 South Dakota
In re Jessie’s Heirs 259 F. 694 1919 1 United States
Carlisle v. United States 517 U.S. 416 1996 1 United States
McCourt v. Myers 8 Wis. 236 1859 1 Wisconsin
King v. Bill 28 Conn. 593 1859 1 Connecticut
Tripe v. Marcy 39 N.H. 439 1859 1 New Hampshire
Miller v. State 38 Ala. 600 1863 1 Alabama
Norton v. Birge 35 Conn. 250 1868 1 Connecticut
Kraker v. Shields 61 Va. 377 1871 1 Virginia
Pitzer v. Burns 7 W. Va. 63 1873 1 West Virginia
Herrington v. McCollum 73 Ill. 476 1874 1 Illinois
Birnie v. Main 29 Ark. 591 1874 1 Arkansas