Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fisk v. Fisk 2 La. Ann. 71 1847 1 Louisiana
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Memphis v. Tappan 13 Miss. 112 1845 1 Mississippi
State v. Gallimon 24 N.C. 372 1842 1 North Carolina
Banning v. Gotshall 62 Ohio St. 210 1900 1 Ohio
Zinn v. Baxter 65 Ohio St. 341 1901 1 Ohio
Bierce v. Bierce 41 Ohio St. 241 1884 1 Ohio
Frazier v. Frazier 11 S.C. Eq. 304 1835 1 South Carolina
Kelly v. City Council of Charleston 38 S.C.L. 426 1851 1 South Carolina
Brown v. M'Donald 10 S.C. Eq. 297 1833 1 South Carolina
Mims v. Mims 20 Tenn. 425 1839 1 Tennessee
Harris v. Smith 42 Tenn. 306 1865 1 Tennessee
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad v. Carroll 53 Tenn. 347 1871 1 Tennessee
Tyler v. Nelson’s Adm’x 55 Va. 214 1858 1 Virginia
Wilkins v. Allen 59 U.S. 385 1855 1 United States
Enochs v. State ex rel. Roberson 133 Miss. 107 1923 1 Mississippi
State ex rel. Rankin v. District Court 70 Mont. 322 1924 1 Montana
Finan v. Mayor of Cumberland 154 Md. 563 1928 1 Maryland
Rosenburg v. Bouse 172 Md. 530 1937 1 Maryland
Oursler v. Tawes 178 Md. 471 1940 1 Maryland
Katzenberg v. Comptroller of the Treasury 263 Md. 189 1971 1 Maryland