Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Louisville & N. R. v. Williams 210 Ala. 268 1923 1 Alabama
Lanier v. Hill 30 Ala. 111 1857 1 Alabama
Cornelius v. Cornelius 31 Ala. 479 1858 1 Alabama
Alexander v. Caldwell 55 Ala. 517 1876 1 Alabama
McDowell v. Jones 58 Ala. 25 1877 1 Alabama
Baird v. Bardwell 60 Miss. 164 1882 1 Mississippi
Gilmer v. Morris 80 Ala. 78 1885 1 Alabama
Wallace v. Reddick 119 Ill. 151 1886 1 Illinois
Ohlander v. Dexter 97 Ala. 476 1892 1 Alabama
DaCosta v. Dibble 40 Fla. 418 1898 1 Florida
Smith v. Smith 132 Ala. 138 1902 1 Alabama
Tilghman Cypress Co. v. John R. Young Co. 60 Fla. 382 1910 1 Florida
Alexander v. Alexander 227 Ala. 322 1933 1 Alabama
Tompkins v. Nichols & Jamison 53 Ala. 197 1875 1 Alabama
Fleming v. Hiob 3 Ill. App. 390 1879 1 Illinois
Freishenmeyer v. Lehmkuhl 29 Ill. App. 465 1888 1 Illinois
Smith v. Hall 103 Ala. 235 1893 1 Alabama
Consolidated Placers, Inc. v. Grant 48 N.M. 340 1944 1 New Mexico
Tifield v. Adams 3 Iowa 487 1856 1 Iowa
Williamson v. Sammons 34 Ala. 691 1859 1 Alabama