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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Henry v. Root 38 Mich. 371 1878 1 Michigan
Collier v. Davis 47 Ark. 367 1886 1 Arkansas
McReynolds v. Dedman 47 Ark. 347 1886 1 Arkansas
Brown v. McLean 16 D.C. 559 1887 1 District of Columbia
Maclaren v. Kramar 26 N.D. 244 1913 1 North Dakota
State v. Rothrock 45 Nev. 214 1921 1 Nevada
Mitchell v. Mitchell 20 Kan. 665 1878 1 Kansas
Kerr v. Kerr 9 Daly (N.Y.) 517 1881 1 New York
Alexander v. Alexander 13 App. D.C. 334 1898 1 District of Columbia
Trowbridge v. Spinning 23 Wash. 48 1900 1 Washington
Tuttle v. Tuttle 21 N.D. 503 1911 1 North Dakota
Ex parte Grooms 102 Ark. 322 1912 1 Arkansas
Warne v. Warne 36 S.D. 573 1916 1 South Dakota
Morgan v. Morgan 203 Ala. 516 1919 1 Alabama
In re Phillips 43 Nev. 368 1920 1 Nevada
Barish v. Barish 190 Iowa 493 1920 1 Iowa
Phy v. Phy 116 Or. 31 1925 1 Oregon
Brinn v. Brinn 147 Va. 277 1927 1 Virginia
Ritzer v. Ritzer 243 Mich. 406 1928 1 Michigan
Marshall v. Marshall 162 Md. 116 1932 1 Maryland