Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Barkley v. Thomas 220 N.C. 341 1941 1 North Carolina
Cales v. Ford 126 W. Va. 158 1943 1 West Virginia
Anderson v. Anderson 221 F. 871 1915 1 United States
Smith v. Jones 27 Va. 33 1827 1 Virginia
Dean v. Central Cotton Press Co. 64 Ga. 670 1880 1 Georgia
Killgore v. Killgore 86 Idaho 386 1963 1 Idaho
State ex rel. Henson v. Sheppard 192 Mo. 497 1905 1 Missouri
Hoitt v. Hoitt 63 N.H. 475 1885 1 New Hampshire
Estate of Marshall 138 Pa. 285 1890 1 Pennsylvania
Langley v. Langley 18 R.I. 618 1894 1 Rhode Island
Will of Ladd 60 Wis. 187 1884 1 Wisconsin
Barker v. Hinton 62 W. Va. 639 1907 1 West Virginia
Neer v. Cowhick 4 Wyo. 49 1892 1 Wyoming
Anderson v. Gailey 33 F.2d 589 1929 1 United States
Dowell v. United States 86 F.2d 120 1936 1 United States
Seguine v. Seguine 2 Barb. 385 1848 1 New York
Rosser v. Franklin 47 Va. 1 1849 1 Virginia
Sturdivant v. Birchett 51 Va. 67 1853 1 Virginia
Early v. Preston 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 228 1855 1 Virginia
Hall v. Windsor Savings Bank 97 Vt. 125 1923 1 Vermont