Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Philipowski v. Spencer 63 Tex. 604 1885 1 Texas
Arey v. Arey 22 Wash. 261 1900 1 Washington
Williams v. Williams 63 Wis. 58 1885 1 Wisconsin
Switzer v. Switzer 167 Va. 193 1936 1 Virginia
Parks v. Wiltbank 177 Va. 461 1941 1 Virginia
Drewry v. Doyle 179 Va. 715 1942 1 Virginia
Henderson v. Forrest 184 N.C. 230 1922 1 North Carolina
Nave v. Berry 22 Ala. 382 1853 1 Alabama
Baring v. Fanning 2 F. Cas. 791 1826 1 United States
Noyes' Ex'x v. Humphreys 52 Va. 636 1854 1 Virginia
Fox v. Pruden 3 Daly (N.Y.) 187 1870 1 New York
Parsons v. Woodward 73 Ala. 348 1882 1 Alabama
Carney v. Rease 60 W. Va. 676 1906 1 West Virginia
Cushman v. Cushman 102 N.Y.S. 258 1907 1 New York
Jordan's Administrator v. Richmond Home for Ladies 106 Va. 710 1907 1 Virginia
Newman v. Kershaw 10 Wis. 333 1860 1 Wisconsin
Boulware v. Newton 59 Va. 708 1868 1 Virginia
Town of Danville v. Sutherlin 61 Va. 555 1871 1 Virginia
Brown v. Brown 42 Del. 157 1942 1 Delaware
Floyd v. Floyd 91 Fla. 910 1926 1 Florida