Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Avery v. Johnson 108 Tex. 294 1917 1 Texas
Dakan v. Dakan 125 Tex. 305 1935 1 Texas
Brooker v. Brooker 130 Tex. 27 1937 1 Texas
Lindsley v. Lindsley 139 Tex. 512 1942 1 Texas
Wolkewitz v. Wood 216 S.W.2d 611 1948 1 Texas
Mullanphy ex rel. O'Fallon v. Reilly 8 Mo. 675 1844 1 Missouri
Patterson v. Kates 152 F. 481 1907 1 United States
Succession of Packwood 9 Rob. 438 1845 1 Louisiana
Thompson v. Marshall 21 Or. 171 1891 1 Oregon
Splane v. Mitcheltree 2 La. Ann. 265 1847 1 Louisiana
Hewitt v. Cox 55 Ark. 225 1891 1 Arkansas
Kurtz v. State 22 Fla. 36 1886 1 Florida
State v. Anderson 5 Kan. 90 1869 1 Kansas
National Bank v. Johnson 91 Ky. 181 1891 1 Kentucky
Keerl v. Keerl 34 Md. 21 1871 1 Maryland
McLane v. Hobbs 74 Md. 166 1891 1 Maryland
Abbott v. City of Bangor 54 Me. 540 1867 1 Maine
State v. Cutshall 110 N.C. 538 1892 1 North Carolina
In re Briscoe 51 How. Pr. 422 1876 1 New York
Cornell v. Travelers’ Insurance 175 N.Y. 239 1903 1 New York