Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Nashville & American Trust Co. v. Baxter 171 Tenn. 494 1937 1 Tennessee
Pitcher v. Hennessey 48 N.Y. 415 1872 1 New York
Wood v. Tredway 111 Va. 526 1910 1 Virginia
Cunningham v. Dunn 84 W. Va. 593 1919 1 West Virginia
National Exchange Bank of Steubenville v. McElfish Clay Manufacturing Co. 48 W. Va. 406 1900 1 West Virginia
Wood v. January 15 La. Ann. 516 1860 1 Louisiana
Phillips v. Pedarre 156 La. 509 1924 1 Louisiana
Harvey v. Travelers Insurance Co. 163 So. 2d 915 1964 1 Louisiana
Feeney v. Mahoney 121 Colo. 599 1950 1 Colorado
Cosby v. Weaver 107 Ga. 761 1899 1 Georgia
Dorsey v. Dodson 203 Ill. 32 1903 1 Illinois
Dickinson v. Ridgely 188 Ill. App. 252 1914 1 Illinois
Kennedy v. Kennedy 25 Kan. 151 1881 1 Kansas
Ela v. Ela 84 Me. 423 1892 1 Maine
Gupton v. Gupton 47 Mo. 37 1870 1 Missouri
Hancock v. Melloy 187 Pa. 371 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Woodward v. Congdon 34 R.I. 316 1912 1 Rhode Island
Kirkland v. Moseley 109 S.C. 477 1918 1 South Carolina
Robertson v. Maher 177 So. 2d 412 1965 1 Louisiana
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Byles 280 So. 2d 624 1973 1 Louisiana