Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dwight v. Simon 4 La. Ann. 490 1849 1 Louisiana
Boatner v. Yarborough 12 La. Ann. 249 1857 1 Louisiana
Arnold v. Danziger 30 F. 898 1887 1 United States
Geilinger v. Philippi 133 U.S. 246 1890 1 United States
Buty v. Goldfinch 74 Wash. 532 1913 1 Washington
Sonnier v. Fris 220 La. 1086 1952 1 Louisiana
Sonnier v. Fris 58 So. 2d 393 1952 1 Louisiana
Clark v. Whitfield 218 Ala. 593 1928 1 Alabama
Callahan v. Bank of Kentucky 82 Ky. 231 1884 1 Kentucky
Carroll v. Cockerham 38 La. Ann. 813 1886 1 Louisiana
Abraham v. Lob 35 La. Ann. 377 1883 1 Louisiana
Gardner v. Gardner 10 R.I. 211 1872 1 Rhode Island
Brooks v. Austin 95 N.C. 474 1886 1 North Carolina
Perkins v. Brinkley 133 N.C. 86 1903 1 North Carolina
Stroudback v. Singer 2 Pelt. 74 1918 1 Louisiana
Cummings v. Cobb 5 La. App. 646 1927 1 Louisiana
Gordon v. District Court of Fifth Judicial District 36 Nev. 1 1913 1 Nevada
In re Jagles 44 Nev. 370 1921 1 Nevada
Coulter v. Lyda 102 Mo. App. 401 1903 1 Missouri
State v. Capaci 179 La. 462 1934 1 Louisiana