Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Peterson v. Haugen 62 S.D. 421 1934 1 South Dakota
Love v. Rennie 254 Ala. 382 1950 1 Alabama
Tankersley v. Tankersley 270 Ala. 571 1960 1 Alabama
Elliott v. Lochnane 1 Kan. 126 1862 1 Kansas
Warren v. Slade 23 Mich. 1 1871 1 Michigan
Dowell v. Vinton 1 White & W. 140 1877 1 Texas
Savage v. State 18 Fla. 970 1882 1 Florida
Arrowsmith v. Hamering 39 Ohio St. 573 1883 1 Ohio
State v. Beasley 21 W. Va. 777 1883 1 West Virginia
Territory ex rel. Higgins v. Steele 4 Dakota 78 1885 1 Dakota Territory
Smith v. Dickey 74 Tex. 61 1889 1 Texas
Merritt v. Ona 44 F. 369 1890 1 United States
German Security Bank v. Campbell & Co. 99 Ala. 249 1892 1 Alabama
Harris v. Harris 13 Ohio C.C. 170 1896 1 Ohio
Harris v. Harris 7 Ohio Cir. Dec. 189 1896 1 Ohio
Headen v. Headen 171 Ala. 521 1911 1 Alabama
Brooks v. State 33 Ala. App. 390 1948 1 Alabama
Chadwick v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance 271 Ala. 457 1960 1 Alabama
Pardue v. State 797 So. 2d 409 2000 1 Alabama
Burns v. Peters 5 Cal. 2d 619 1936 1 California