Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Olsen 34 N.Y.2d 349 1974 1 New York
Hatcher v. Briggs 6 Or. 31 1876 1 Oregon
Defferari v. Terry 128 Tex. 521 1936 1 Texas
Yancay v. Mauck 56 Va. 300 1859 1 Virginia
Lehman v. Lehman 130 La. 960 1912 1 Louisiana
Frank v. Waters 162 La. 255 1926 1 Louisiana
Wright & White v. Wheeler 14 Iowa 8 1862 1 Iowa
Whitfield v. Harris 48 Miss. 710 1873 1 Mississippi
Trego v. Skinner 42 Md. 426 1875 1 Maryland
Brown v. Martin 15 W. Va. 1 1879 1 West Virginia
Kearney v. Kearney 72 Cal. 591 1887 1 California
State v. Wheelock 216 Iowa 1428 1933 1 Iowa
Des Moines Joint Stock Land Bank v. Nordholm 217 Iowa 1319 1934 1 Iowa
Priest v. Whitney Loan & Trust Co. 219 Iowa 1281 1935 1 Iowa
Meier & Frank Co. v. Bruce 30 Idaho 732 1917 1 Idaho
Kirtley v. Oregon Short Line Railroad 31 Idaho 40 1917 1 Idaho
Highway District No. 1 v. Fremont County 32 Idaho 473 1919 1 Idaho
Dayton v. Drumheller 32 Idaho 283 1919 1 Idaho
Stevens v. State 27 Md. App. 460 1975 1 Maryland
Green v. Lombard 28 Md. App. 1 1975 1 Maryland