Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Fawver v. Fawver 47 Va. 236 1849 1 Virginia
Schriver v. Meyer 19 Pa. 87 1852 1 Pennsylvania
Dennett v. Dennett 40 N.H. 498 1860 1 New Hampshire
Reed v. Smith 125 Cal. 491 1899 1 California
New v. LeHardy 46 Ga. 616 1872 1 Georgia
Bayer v. Cockerill 3 Kan. 282 1865 1 Kansas
Hutton v. Cuthbert 51 Mich. 229 1883 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Bothrick v. Potter 63 Mo. 212 1876 1 Missouri
Gathings v. State 44 Miss. 343 1870 1 Mississippi
Gathings v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1688 1872 1 Mississippi
Birdwell v. Cain 41 Tenn. 301 1860 1 Tennessee
Woods v. Bonner 89 Tenn. 411 1890 1 Tennessee
Ferguson v. Prince 136 Tenn. 543 1916 1 Tennessee
Jefferson v. State 3 Shan. Cas. 329 1875 1 Tennessee
Brinkman v. Rick 19 S.W.2d 808 1929 1 Texas
State v. Legendre 89 Vt. 526 1915 1 Vermont
Cadence Bank, N.A. v. Latting Road Partners, LLC 699 F. Supp. 2d 1033 2010 1 United States
Reynolds v. Palmer 21 F. 433 1884 1 United States
In re Don Williams Construction Co. 143 B.R. 865 1992 1 United States