Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Riggs v. Riggs 135 Mass. 238 1883 1 Massachusetts
Davis v. State 39 Md. 355 1874 1 Maryland
Cearfoss v. State 42 Md. 403 1875 1 Maryland
Mullins v. Cottrell 41 Miss. 291 1866 1 Mississippi
La Bau v. Vanderbilt 3 Redf. 384 1879 1 New York
Collins v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad 56 Tenn. 841 1872 1 Tennessee
Martin v. Martin 48 Tenn. 644 1870 1 Tennessee
Denson v. Beazley 34 Tex. 191 1871 1 Texas
In re McDonald 16 F. Cas. 17 1861 1 United States
Cochran v. Paris 52 Va. 348 1854 1 Virginia
Drumright v. Hite 2 Va. Dec. 465 1897 1 Virginia
Huffman v. Callison 6 W. Va. 301 1873 1 West Virginia
Paramino Lumber Co. v. Marshall 309 U.S. 370 1940 1 United States
Howard v. Prince 12 F. Cas. 650 1874 1 United States
In re Griner 16 Wis. 423 1863 1 Wisconsin
Tyler v. Hamersley 44 Conn. 393 1877 1 Connecticut
Strong v. Strong 1 Abb. Pr. 358 1865 1 New York
Fanshawe v. Tracy 8 F. Cas. 997 1868 1 United States
In re Peyton 12 Kan. 399 1874 1 Kansas
Taylor v. McClintock 87 Ark. 243 1908 1 Arkansas