Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Estate of Emart 175 Cal. 238 1917 1 California
Funk v. United States 16 App. D.C. 478 1900 1 District of Columbia
Massey v. State 222 Ga. 143 1966 1 Georgia
Rider v. State 121 Ga. App. 677 1970 1 Georgia
Blakeley v. Adams 113 Ky. 398 1902 1 Kentucky
Gates v. Gates 149 Minn. 391 1921 1 Minnesota
Walton v. Kendrick 122 Mo. 504 1894 1 Missouri
Stephens v. Stephens 129 Mo. 422 1895 1 Missouri
Miller v. Miller 96 Miss. 526 1910 1 Mississippi
Nunley v. Willcutt 128 Mont. 145 1954 1 Montana
State v. Lawrence 196 N.C. 562 1929 1 North Carolina
State v. Rodriguez 23 N.M. 156 1917 1 New Mexico
Elledge v. Great American Indemnity Co. 312 S.W.2d 722 1958 1 Texas
Williams v. State 43 Tex. 182 1875 1 Texas
Wallace's Adm'x v. Lipps' Adm'r 47 W. Va. 339 1899 1 West Virginia
United States v. Sutton 426 F.2d 1202 1969 1 United States
Sammons v. Hawvers 25 W. Va. 678 1885 1 West Virginia
Cobb v. Hartenstein 47 Utah 174 1915 1 Utah
Stephenson v. Kilpatrick 166 Mo. 262 1901 1 Missouri
Lindsay v. Mathews 17 Fla. 575 1880 1 Florida