Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Shanks v. Edmondson 69 Va. 804 1877 1 Virginia
Glover v. Glover 16 Ala. 440 1849 1 Alabama
Levering v. Levering 16 Md. 213 1860 1 Maryland
Forrest v. Forrest 21 N.Y. Super. Ct. 640 1861 1 New York
Cooper v. Cooper 17 Mich. 205 1868 1 Michigan
Adams v. Adams 100 Mass. 365 1868 1 Massachusetts
Carr v. Carr 63 Va. 168 1872 1 Virginia
James v. James 58 N.H. 266 1878 1 New Hampshire
Latham v. Latham 71 Va. 307 1878 1 Virginia
Crews v. Mooney 74 Mo. 26 1881 1 Missouri
Stewart v. Stewart 27 W. Va. 167 1885 1 West Virginia
Allen v. Henderson 49 Pa. 333 1865 1 Pennsylvania
Hinds v. Hinds 80 Ala. 225 1885 1 Alabama
Briggs v. Briggs 24 S.C. 377 1886 1 South Carolina
Murray v. Murray 84 Ala. 363 1887 1 Alabama
Edgerton v. Edgerton 12 Mont. 122 1892 1 Montana
Kimble v. Kimble 17 Wash. 75 1897 1 Washington
Sprague v. Sprague 73 Minn. 474 1898 1 Minnesota
McMullin v. McMullin 123 Cal. 653 1899 1 California
Schonborn v. Schonborn 27 Wash. 421 1902 1 Washington