Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Olney v. Watts 43 Ohio St. 499 1885 1 Ohio
Taylor v. Taylor 93 N.C. 418 1885 1 North Carolina
Powell v. Campbell 20 Nev. 232 1888 1 Nevada
Law v. Law 64 Ohio St. 369 1901 1 Ohio
Juvenile Protective Ass'n v. Roebling 18 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 385 1916 1 Ohio
Crews v. Crews 175 N.C. 168 1918 1 North Carolina
Stanley v. Cox 253 N.C. 620 1961 1 North Carolina
Hedgecock Builders Supply Co. of Greensboro v. White 92 N.C. App. 535 1989 1 North Carolina
Johnson's Adm'r v. Johnson 32 Ala. 637 1858 1 Alabama
Nightingale v. Hidden 7 R.I. 115 1862 1 Rhode Island
Perdue v. Montgomery Building & Loan Ass'n 79 Ala. 478 1885 1 Alabama
McKenzie v. Sumner 114 N.C. 425 1894 1 North Carolina
Zeust v. Staffan 14 App. D.C. 200 1899 1 District of Columbia
Shuttleworth v. Dunlop 34 N.J. Eq. 488 1881 1 New Jersey
Wolf v. Atkinson 182 Misc. 675 1944 1 New York
Kreitzer v. Puerto Rico Cars, Inc. 417 F. Supp. 498 1975 1 United States
Gallagher v. Rowan's Adm'r 86 Va. 823 1890 1 Virginia
In re Estate of De Bernede 4 Coffey 486 1895 1 California
Downing v. Nicholson 115 Iowa 493 1902 1 Iowa
Matthews v. Leonard 176 Cal. 576 1917 1 California