| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Throckmorton v. Holt | 12 App. D.C. 552 | 1898 | 1 | District of Columbia | |
| Oetjen v. Oetjen | 115 Ga. 1004 | 1902 | 1 | Georgia | |
| McIntyre v. McIntyre | 120 Ga. 67 | 1904 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Singleton v. Shewmake | 184 Ga. 785 | 1937 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Succession of Müh | 35 La. Ann. 394 | 1883 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Pickens v. Davis | 134 Mass. 252 | 1883 | 1 | Massachusetts | |
| Aldrich v. Aldrich | 215 Mass. 164 | 1913 | 1 | Massachusetts | |
| Sheehan v. Kearney | 82 Miss. 688 | 1903 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Stevens v. Stevens | 72 N.H. 360 | 1903 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| In re Roeder's Estate | 44 N.M. 429 | 1940 | 1 | New Mexico | |
| In re the Probate of the Last Will of Marsh | 9 N.Y. St. Rep. 441 | 1887 | 1 | New York | |
| In re Cosgrove's Will | 65 N.Y.S. 570 | 1900 | 1 | New York | |
| Behrens v. Behrens | 47 Ohio St. 323 | 1890 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Coghlin v. Coghlin | 19 Ohio C.C. Dec. 251 | 1907 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Coghlin v. Coghlin | 79 Ohio St. 71 | 1908 | 1 | Ohio | |
| McElroy v. Phink | 97 Tex. 147 | 1903 | 1 | Texas | |
| Compton v. Dannenbauer | 120 Tex. 14 | 1931 | 1 | Texas | |
| In re Valentine's Will | 93 Wis. 45 | 1896 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Southworth v. Adams | 22 F. Cas. 837 | 1882 | 1 | United States | |
| Throckmorton v. Holt | 180 U.S. 552 | 1901 | 1 | United States |