Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Greer v. Herren 146 Ala. 640 1906 1 Alabama
Jarrell v. French 43 W. Va. 456 1897 1 West Virginia
First Guaranty Bank v. Carter 563 So. 2d 1240 1990 1 Louisiana
Nobles v. L'Engle 58 Fla. 480 1909 1 Florida
Neal v. Hanson 60 Me. 84 1872 1 Maine
Samuel v. Kittenger 6 Wash. 261 1893 1 Washington
Furth v. Snell 6 Wash. 542 1893 1 Washington
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson v. Peters & Miller Co. 8 Wash. 344 1894 1 Washington
Beatty v. Clark 20 Cal. 11 1862 1 California
Machebeuf v. Clements 2 Colo. 36 1873 1 Colorado
Gridley v. Wood 344 Ill. 153 1931 1 Illinois
Whitesides v. Cannon 23 Mo. 457 1856 1 Missouri
Millaudon v. Beazley 2 La. Ann. 916 1847 1 Louisiana
Bissing v. Smith 92 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 564 1895 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 66 N.Y. St. Rep. 796 1895 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 33 N.Y.S. 123 1895 1 New York
James v. Fields 52 Tenn. 394 1871 1 Tennessee
Clift v. Clift 87 Tenn. 17 1888 1 Tennessee
Wilhite v. Farley 15 Tenn. App. 317 1932 1 Tennessee
Feder v. Flattau 205 Tenn. 111 1959 1 Tennessee