Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Sever v. Yetter 128 N.J. Eq. 367 1940 1 New Jersey
Dawson v. People 25 N.Y. 399 1862 1 New York
Read v. People 86 N.Y. 381 1881 1 New York
Schmidt v. Oregon Gold Mining Co. 28 Or. 9 1895 1 Oregon
Rowland v. Quarles 20 Tenn. App. 470 1936 1 Tennessee
Forrest v. State 81 Tenn. 103 1884 1 Tennessee
Gay v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 168 1877 1 Texas
Gay v. State 40 Tex. Crim. 242 1899 1 Texas
Merrill v. Comstock 154 Wis. 434 1913 1 Wisconsin
Brandt v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. 4 F. Cas. 26 1874 1 United States
Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. 93 U.S. 326 1876 1 United States
Williams v. Williams 13 Del. Ch. 143 1922 1 Delaware
Sweeney v. Security Trust Co. 116 W. Va. 344 1935 1 West Virginia
Breckinridge v. Denny 71 Ky. 523 1871 1 Kentucky
Greer v. Herren 146 Ala. 640 1906 1 Alabama
Jarrell v. French 43 W. Va. 456 1897 1 West Virginia
First Guaranty Bank v. Carter 563 So. 2d 1240 1990 1 Louisiana
Nobles v. L'Engle 58 Fla. 480 1909 1 Florida
Neal v. Hanson 60 Me. 84 1872 1 Maine
Samuel v. Kittenger 6 Wash. 261 1893 1 Washington