Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Howell v. Tyler 91 N.C. 207 1884 1 North Carolina
Love v. Love 179 N.C. 115 1919 1 North Carolina
Collins v. Hope 20 Ohio 492 1851 1 Ohio
City of St. Louis v. McAllister 281 Mo. 26 1920 1 Missouri
Thornton-Thomas Mercantile Co. v. Bretherton 32 Mont. 80 1905 1 Montana
Low v. Henry 9 Cal. 538 1858 1 California
Henley v. Hotaling 41 Cal. 22 1871 1 California
Smith v. Bouck 33 Wis. 19 1873 1 Wisconsin
McKethan v. Murchison 73 N.C. 427 1875 1 North Carolina
Watkins v. Williams 123 N.C. 170 1898 1 North Carolina
Porter v. White 128 N.C. 42 1901 1 North Carolina
Frazier v. Frazier 129 N.C. 30 1901 1 North Carolina
O'Briant v. Lee 214 N.C. 723 1939 1 North Carolina
Tull v. Pope 69 N.C. 183 1873 1 North Carolina
Pardridge v. Ryan 14 Ill. App. 598 1884 1 Illinois
Krahn v. J. L. Owens Co. 136 Minn. 53 1917 1 Minnesota
Harrington v. Denny 3 F. Supp. 584 1933 1 United States
Smith v. Smith 93 Mass. 423 1865 1 Massachusetts
Thompson v. Green River Power Co. 154 N.C. 13 1910 1 North Carolina
Smith ex rel. Smith v. Mears 218 N.C. 193 1940 1 North Carolina