Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Allen v. Stevens 161 N.Y. 122 1899 1 New York
Smith v. Westcott 34 Fla. 430 1894 1 Florida
Hazen v. Cobb 96 Fla. 151 1928 1 Florida
Blatchford v. Newberry 99 Ill. 11 1880 1 Illinois
Coberly v. Coberly 189 Mo. 1 1905 1 Missouri
Sarles v. Sarles 19 Abb. N. Cas. 322 1887 1 New York
Hazard v. Bacon 42 R.I. 415 1920 1 Rhode Island
Griffith v. Dewitt 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 186 1859 1 Tennessee
Bottoms v. Corley 52 Tenn. 1 1871 1 Tennessee
Walt v. Walt 113 Tenn. 189 1904 1 Tennessee
Balch v. Johnson 106 Tenn. 249 1901 1 Tennessee
East Tennessee Iron & Coal Co. v. Wiggin 68 F. 446 1895 1 United States
Blanton v. Moody 265 F.2d 533 1959 1 United States
Smith v. Jackson County 129 Fla. 787 1937 1 Florida
Froedtert v. Haines 142 F.2d 338 1944 1 United States
Marquette v. Hathaway 76 So. 2d 648 1954 1 Florida
Soutter v. Miller 15 Fla. 625 1876 1 Florida
Cane v. Alley 2 La. Ann. 918 1847 1 Louisiana
McLeod v. Bernhold 32 Ark. 671 1878 1 Arkansas
Clay v. City of St. Albans 43 W. Va. 539 1897 1 West Virginia