Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Close v. Benjamin 5 Sadler 510 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Browne v. Browne 22 Md. 103 1864 1 Maryland
Wellar v. People 30 Mich. 16 1874 1 Michigan
Snyder v. People 26 Mich. 106 1872 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Chick v. Davis 273 Mo. 660 1918 1 Missouri
State v. Ellis 101 N.C. 765 1888 1 North Carolina
State v. Robertson 166 N.C. 356 1914 1 North Carolina
State v. Foy 82 N.C. 679 1880 1 North Carolina
State v. Fox 25 N.J.L. 566 1856 1 New Jersey
People v. Reagle 60 Barb. 527 1871 1 New York
McCreary v. Commonwealth 29 Pa. 323 1857 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Robertson 54 S.C. 147 1899 1 South Carolina
Hill v. State 50 Tenn. 317 1871 1 Tennessee
Riddle v. State 50 Tenn. 401 1872 1 Tennessee
Preswood v. State 50 Tenn. 468 1872 1 Tennessee
Powell v. State 17 Tex. Ct. App. 345 1884 1 Texas
Maresca v. United States 277 F. 727 1921 1 United States
Jackson v. Bouanchaud 150 So. 567 1933 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Shea v. Cocking 66 Mont. 169 1923 1 Montana
Hulett v. Patterson 6 Sadler 22 1887 1 Pennsylvania