Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fromme v. Jones 13 Iowa 474 1862 1 Iowa
Noles v. Marable 50 Ala. 366 1874 1 Alabama
Russell v. Walker 73 Ala. 315 1882 1 Alabama
Abney v. DeLoach 84 Ala. 393 1887 1 Alabama
Phipps v. Taylor 15 Or. 484 1887 1 Oregon
Paxson v. Brown 61 F. 874 1894 1 United States
Cleland v. Long 34 Fla. 353 1894 1 Florida
McCutchen v. Loggins 109 Ala. 457 1895 1 Alabama
Kalb v. Wise 5 Ohio N.P. 5 1897 1 Ohio
Thomason v. Silvey & Co. 123 Ala. 694 1898 1 Alabama
Bolton v. Cuthbert 132 Ala. 403 1902 1 Alabama
Lacy v. Meador 170 Ala. 482 1910 1 Alabama
Hicks v. Meadows 193 Ala. 246 1915 1 Alabama
Sheehy v. O'Donoghue 94 F.2d 252 1937 1 United States
Bernhard v. Bernhard 278 Ala. 240 1965 1 Alabama
Arnold v. Methodist Episcopal Church South of the North Alabama Methodist Conference 281 Ala. 297 1967 1 Alabama
Nunn v. Keith 289 Ala. 518 1972 1 Alabama
Durant v. Hamrick 409 So. 2d 731 1981 1 Alabama
Watford v. Hale 410 So. 2d 885 1982 1 Alabama
Geddes v. Livingston 804 F.2d 1219 1986 1 United States