Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Goodyear v. Reynolds 124 S.C. 228 1923 1 South Carolina
Heaton v. Davis 216 Ala. 197 1927 1 Alabama
Apperson v. Apperson 217 Ala. 157 1928 1 Alabama
Monarch Refrigerating Co. v. Faulk 228 Ala. 554 1934 1 Alabama
Staub v. Staub 170 Md. 202 1936 1 Maryland
Bacon v. Bacon 233 Ala. 482 1937 1 Alabama
Harbin v. Harbin 249 Ala. 616 1947 1 Alabama
Weems v. Weems 255 Ala. 210 1950 1 Alabama
Dimon v. Dimon 40 Cal. 2d 516 1953 1 California
Armstrong v. Armstrong 350 U.S. 568 1956 1 United States
Atkins v. Atkins 268 Ala. 428 1959 1 Alabama
Burton v. Burton 52 Tenn. App. 484 1963 1 Tennessee
Billingsley v. Billingsley 285 Ala. 239 1970 1 Alabama
Lewis v. Dubose & Co. 29 Ala. 219 1856 1 Alabama
Saunders' Adm'r v. Garrett 33 Ala. 454 1859 1 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Rupert & McClelland 38 Ala. 666 1863 1 Alabama
Turner v. Christy 50 Mo. 145 1872 1 Missouri
Decatur, Chesapeake & New Orleans Railway Co. v. Crass 97 Ala. 519 1892 1 Alabama
Brake v. Curd Sinton Manufacturing Co. 102 Ala. 339 1893 1 Alabama
White v. Kahn 103 Ala. 308 1893 1 Alabama