| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown v. Lyon | 17 Ala. 659 | 1850 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Byrd v. McDaniel | 26 Ala. 582 | 1855 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Thompson's Adm'r v. Christian | 28 Ala. 399 | 1856 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Henry v. Root | 38 Mich. 371 | 1878 | 1 | Michigan | |
| Collier v. Davis | 47 Ark. 367 | 1886 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| McReynolds v. Dedman | 47 Ark. 347 | 1886 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| Brown v. McLean | 16 D.C. 559 | 1887 | 1 | District of Columbia | |
| Maclaren v. Kramar | 26 N.D. 244 | 1913 | 1 | North Dakota | |
| State v. Rothrock | 45 Nev. 214 | 1921 | 1 | Nevada | |
| Mitchell v. Mitchell | 20 Kan. 665 | 1878 | 1 | Kansas | |
| Kerr v. Kerr | 9 Daly (N.Y.) 517 | 1881 | 1 | New York | |
| Alexander v. Alexander | 13 App. D.C. 334 | 1898 | 1 | District of Columbia | |
| Trowbridge v. Spinning | 23 Wash. 48 | 1900 | 1 | Washington | |
| Tuttle v. Tuttle | 21 N.D. 503 | 1911 | 1 | North Dakota | |
| Ex parte Grooms | 102 Ark. 322 | 1912 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| Warne v. Warne | 36 S.D. 573 | 1916 | 1 | South Dakota | |
| Morgan v. Morgan | 203 Ala. 516 | 1919 | 1 | Alabama | |
| In re Phillips | 43 Nev. 368 | 1920 | 1 | Nevada | |
| Barish v. Barish | 190 Iowa 493 | 1920 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Phy v. Phy | 116 Or. 31 | 1925 | 1 | Oregon |