Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitman v. Reese 59 Ala. 532 1877 1 Alabama
Auerbach v. Pritchett 58 Ala. 451 1877 1 Alabama
Castle Brook Carbon Black Co. v. Ferrell 76 W. Va. 300 1915 1 West Virginia
Muller v. Bayly 62 Va. 521 1871 1 Virginia
Wayland Oil & Gas Co. v. Rummel 78 W. Va. 196 1916 1 West Virginia
Klein v. McNamara 54 Miss. 90 1876 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Harmon 94 U.S. 371 1876 1 United States
Reed v. Axtell & Myers 84 Va. 231 1887 1 Virginia
Repass v. Richmond 99 Va. 508 1901 1 Virginia
Hughes v. Hughes 125 Cal. App. 2d 781 1954 1 California
Wareham v. Wareham 195 Cal. App. 2d 64 1961 1 family law California
Citizens & Southern National Bank v. Fleming 181 Ga. 116 1935 1 Georgia
Grant v. Grant 187 Ga. 807 1939 1 Georgia
Cunningham v. Cunningham 80 Minn. 180 1900 1 Minnesota
Getty v. Devlin 70 N.Y. 504 1877 1 New York
Mitchell v. Mitchell 298 S.W.2d 236 1957 1 Texas
Maxcy v. City of Oshkosh 144 Wis. 238 1910 1 Wisconsin
Evans v. Abney 396 U.S. 435 1970 1 United States
Rust v. Vanvacter 9 W. Va. 600 1866 1 West Virginia
Averett's Adm'r v. Booker 56 Va. 163 1859 1 Virginia