Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Roberts v. Roberts 263 Ala. 517 1955 1 Alabama
Plaisance v. Blanchard 228 La. 618 1955 1 Louisiana
Lyle v. W. H. Hodges & Co. 82 So. 2d 457 1955 1 Louisiana
Hale v. Fornea 79 So. 2d 124 1955 1 Louisiana
Dupree v. State 275 S.W.2d 556 1955 1 Texas
Rogers v. Broughton 277 S.W.2d 121 1955 1 Texas
Jones v. State 223 Miss. 812 1955 1 Mississippi
Ruth v. Fenchel 37 N.J. Super. 295 1955 1 New Jersey
Phares v. Farrar 224 Miss. 737 1955 1 Mississippi
Felstiner v. Lyons 36 N.J. Super. 407 1955 1 New Jersey
Chandler v. Welborn 282 S.W.2d 940 1955 1 Texas
Seawell v. Cheshire 241 N.C. 629 1955 1 North Carolina
Hardison v. Gregory 242 N.C. 324 1955 1 North Carolina
Eclipse Pioneer Division of Bendix Aviation Corp. v. Minter 35 N.J. Super. 430 1955 1 New Jersey
Burrell v. Burrell 243 N.C. 24 1955 1 North Carolina
Edwards v. Edwards 241 N.C. 694 1955 1 North Carolina
Matthews v. Eslinger 41 Tenn. App. 116 1955 1 Tennessee
City of New Orleans v. Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 229 La. 246 1955 1 Louisiana
Atkinson v. Bennett 242 N.C. 456 1955 1 North Carolina
City of New Orleans v. Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 85 So. 2d 503 1955 1 Louisiana