Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hershy v. Latham 46 Ark. 542 1885 1 Arkansas
Bowers v. Hutchinson 67 Ark. 15 1899 1 Arkansas
Nims v. Johnson 7 Cal. 110 1857 1 California
Franklin v. Twogood 25 Iowa 520 1868 1 Iowa
Randall v. Randall 37 Mich. 563 1877 1 Michigan
Rhoades v. Davis 51 Mich. 306 1883 1 Michigan
Belew v. Jones 56 Miss. 342 1879 1 Mississippi
Murdock v. Memphis & Ohio R. R. 66 Tenn. 557 1874 1 Tennessee
Sherron v. Hall 72 Tenn. 498 1880 1 Tennessee
Templeton v. Brown 86 Tenn. 50 1887 1 Tennessee
McKenzie v. Ohio River Railroad 27 W. Va. 306 1885 1 West Virginia
Holland v. State 15 Fla. 455 1876 1 Florida
Bucki v. Cone 25 Fla. 1 1889 1 Florida
Guerrant v. Hocker 34 Va. 366 1836 1 Virginia
In re the Estate of Downing 236 Ill. App. 168 1925 1 Illinois
Chemical National Bank v. Hill 253 N.Y. 177 1930 1 New York
Pinkston v. Pinkston 81 S.W.2d 196 1935 1 Texas
Chas. A. Kaufman Co. v. Gregory 244 La. 766 1963 1 Louisiana
Biers v. Sammons 242 So. 2d 158 1970 1 Florida
Beebe v. Beebe 10 Iowa 133 1859 1 Iowa