Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Milner v. Gatlin 139 Ga. 109 1912 1 Georgia
Coker v. Gay 154 Ga. 337 1922 1 Georgia
Brandon v. Brandon 154 Ga. 661 1922 1 Georgia
State v. Lewis 173 Iowa 643 1915 1 Iowa
State v. Beard 6 Idaho 614 1899 1 Idaho
In re Stockman 71 Mich. 180 1888 1 Michigan
State v. Smith 80 Mo. 516 1883 1 Missouri
Bouldin v. Miller 87 Tex. 359 1894 1 Texas
State v. LaVine 68 Wash. 2d 83 1966 1 Washington
Pfennig v. Griffith 29 Wis. 618 1872 1 Wisconsin
Webster v. Le Compte 74 Md. 249 1891 1 Maryland
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Brown 67 Ark. 295 1899 1 Arkansas
Bolgiano v. Cooke 19 Md. 375 1863 1 Maryland
Hawkins v. Chapman 36 Md. 83 1872 1 Maryland
Woodwine v. Woodrum 19 W. Va. 67 1881 1 West Virginia
Knapp v. Hanford 6 Conn. 170 1826 1 Connecticut
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Pierce 8 Del. Ch. 179 1897 1 Delaware
Seaverns v. Presbyterian Hospital 173 Ill. 414 1898 1 Illinois
Zeigler v. King 9 Md. 330 1856 1 Maryland
Garitee v. Carter 16 Md. 309 1860 1 Maryland