Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Orme v. City of Richmond 79 Va. 86 1884 1 Virginia
Rickerstricker v. State 31 Ark. 207 1876 1 Arkansas
Furth v. Furth 97 Ark. 272 1911 1 Arkansas
Schaffer v. Mutual Fire Ins. 89 Pa. 296 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Gay v. Brent 166 Ky. 833 1915 1 Kentucky
Denison v. Denison 35 Md. 361 1872 1 Maryland
State v. Harrison 145 N.C. 408 1907 1 North Carolina
State v. Lowry 263 N.C. 536 1965 1 North Carolina
Kelley v. Kelley 3 So. 2d 641 1941 1 Louisiana
State v. Melton 120 N.C. 591 1897 1 North Carolina
Blossom v. Burritt 5 Trans. App. 36 1868 1 New York
Blossom v. Barrett 37 N.Y. 506 1868 1 New York
State ex rel. Bruce v. Hodges 48 S.C.L. 256 1867 1 South Carolina
State ex rel. Hamer v. Stackhouse 14 S.C. 417 1881 1 South Carolina
Beverlin v. Beverlin 29 W. Va. 732 1887 1 West Virginia
Brazie v. Fayette County Commissioners 25 W. Va. 213 1884 1 West Virginia
Hartigan v. Board of Regents 49 W. Va. 14 1901 1 West Virginia
City of Galveston v. Posnainsky 62 Tex. 118 1884 1 Texas
Coyle v. Gray 12 Del. 44 1884 1 Delaware
Goetz v. Burgess 1 Sadler 207 1885 1 Pennsylvania