Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Smith 102 Ala. 516 1893 1 Alabama
Woodward v. Santee River Cypress Lumber Co. 73 S.C. 31 1905 1 South Carolina
Edwards v. Barnard 84 Pa. 184 1877 1 Pennsylvania
Glover v. Reid 80 Mich. 228 1890 1 Michigan
Brown v. Rogers 125 Mo. 392 1894 1 Missouri
Young v. Sheldon 139 Ala. 444 1903 1 Alabama
Rutledge v. Crampton 150 Ala. 275 1907 1 Alabama
Watkins v. French 149 Okla. 205 1931 1 Oklahoma
Bynum v. Campbell 419 So. 2d 1370 1982 1 Alabama
Adams v. Shelby 10 Ala. 478 1846 1 Alabama
Hodges v. Wise 16 Ala. 509 1849 1 Alabama
Ritz v. Ritz 64 W. Va. 107 1908 1 West Virginia
Albright v. Albright 153 Iowa 397 1911 1 Iowa
Naylor v. Thomas 190 Ky. 588 1921 1 Kentucky
Atofau v. Tuufuli 2 Am. Samoa 414 1948 1 American Samoa
Wilmerding v. Russ 33 Conn. 67 1865 1 Connecticut
Cummings v. Bradley 57 Ala. 224 1876 1 Alabama
Wright's Adm'r v. Wright's Distributees 64 Ala. 88 1879 1 Alabama
Pinney v. Werborn 72 Ala. 58 1882 1 Alabama
Seybold v. Grand Forks National Bank 5 N.D. 460 1896 1 North Dakota