Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Griffin v. Warburton 23 Wash. 231 1900 1 Washington
Sommer v. Franklin Bank 108 Mo. App. 490 1904 1 Missouri
Pettit v. Gibson 201 Ala. 177 1917 1 Alabama
Arendale v. Washington 213 Ala. 23 1925 1 Alabama
Byrd v. Ætna Life Ins. 25 Ala. App. 318 1933 1 Alabama
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