Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Love, Warren & Monroe Co. v. Ennis 96 Wash. 352 1917 1 Washington
Forward v. Beucler 702 F. Supp. 582 1988 1 United States
Ambler v. Norton 14 Va. 23 1809 1 Virginia
Jennings v. Jennings 21 Ohio St. 56 1871 1 Ohio
Gregory v. Gate 71 Va. 83 1878 1 Virginia
Millikin v. Welliver 37 Ohio St. 460 1882 1 Ohio
Rutherford v. Mayo 76 Va. 117 1882 1 Virginia
Patterson v. Read 42 N.J. Eq. 146 1886 1 New Jersey
Mellinger v. Mellinger 73 Ohio St. 221 1906 1 Ohio
Beard v. Callison 133 W. Va. 121 1949 1 West Virginia
Shuman v. Shuman 9 W. Va. 50 1876 1 West Virginia
Hulsey v. Coggin 470 So. 2d 1202 1985 1 Alabama
Jett v. State 5 So. 3d 647 2008 1 Alabama
Harrison v. Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust 4 So. 3d 1114 2008 1 Alabama
Scott v. State 141 Ala. 1 1904 1 Alabama
Smith v. State 55 Ala. 1 1876 1 Alabama
Wiggins v. Stewart Bros. 215 Ala. 9 1926 1 Alabama
Brantley v. Helton 224 Ala. 93 1932 1 Alabama
Galloway Coal Co. v. Stanford 215 Ala. 79 1926 1 Alabama
Duncan v. Watson 198 Ala. 180 1916 1 Alabama