Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Washington 222 La. 707 1953 1 Louisiana
State v. Albarty 238 N.C. 130 1953 1 North Carolina
Witke v. State Conservation Commission 244 Iowa 261 1953 1 Iowa
Beaman v. Southern Railway Co. 238 N.C. 418 1953 1 North Carolina
Berly v. Sias 152 Tex. 176 1953 1 Texas
Haisten v. Ziglar 258 Ala. 554 1953 1 Alabama
Cousins v. Crawford 258 Ala. 590 1953 1 Alabama
Lusher v. First Nat. Bank of Fort Worth 260 S.W.2d 621 1953 1 Texas
Gray v. Curran 265 Wis. 217 1953 1 Wisconsin
Stevens v. Anderson 75 Ariz. 331 1953 1 Arizona
Norriss v. Patterson 261 S.W.2d 758 1953 1 Texas
Harper v. Pauley 139 W. Va. 17 1953 1 West Virginia
Craven County v. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. 237 N.C. 502 1953 1 North Carolina
Berly v. Sias 255 S.W.2d 505 1953 1 Texas
State v. Bennett 237 N.C. 749 1953 1 North Carolina
Smarr v. State 260 Ala. 30 1953 1 Alabama
Dimon v. Dimon 40 Cal. 2d 516 1953 1 California
Succession of Washington 63 So. 2d 610 1953 1 Louisiana
Alton v. Alton 2 V.I. 600 1953 1 United States
Alton v. Alton 207 F.2d 667 1953 1 United States