Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Goetz v. Old National Bank of Martinsburg 140 W. Va. 422 1954 1 West Virginia
Gatling v. Gatling 239 N.C. 215 1954 1 North Carolina
Carter v. Turbeville 90 Ga. App. 367 1954 1 Georgia
State v. Tilley 239 N.C. 245 1954 1 North Carolina
Parker v. Davis 72 So. 2d 877 1954 1 Louisiana
State v. Hammonds 241 N.C. 226 1954 1 North Carolina
Thompson v. State 220 Miss. 200 1954 1 Mississippi
Orem v. Moore 224 Ark. 146 1954 1 Arkansas
Simmons v. United States 120 F. Supp. 641 1954 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Nelson 377 Pa. 58 1954 1 Pennsylvania
In re the Estate of Weeks 29 N.J. Super. 533 1954 1 New Jersey
Trustees of Duncan Memorial Methodist Church v. Ray 195 Va. 803 1954 1 Virginia
Sellers v. Qualls 206 Md. 58 1954 1 Maryland
Hughes v. Hughes 125 Cal. App. 2d 781 1954 1 California
United States Bank v. Snodgrass 202 Or. 530 1954 1 Oregon
Board of Medical Examiners v. Steward 203 Md. 574 1954 1 Maryland
Savoy v. Savoy 220 F.2d 364 1954 1 United States
McMillan v. Gibson 222 Miss. 408 1954 1 Mississippi
Magee v. Holmes 220 Miss. 49 1954 1 Mississippi
Carey v. Bryan & Rollins 48 Del. 395 1954 1 Delaware