| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browne v. Fine | 104 Vt. 221 | 1932 | 1 | Vermont | |
| Wooten v. Bellinger | 17 Fla. 289 | 1879 | 1 | Florida | |
| Krumdick v. White | 107 Cal. 37 | 1895 | 1 | California | |
| McCarthy v. McCarthy | 20 App. D.C. 195 | 1902 | 1 | District of Columbia | |
| Elliott v. Montell | 12 Del. 194 | 1885 | 1 | Delaware | |
| Jones v. Dougherty | 10 Ga. 273 | 1851 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Parks v. Nichols | 20 Ill. App. 143 | 1886 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Rouse v. Rouse | 76 Kan. 311 | 1907 | 1 | Kansas | |
| Bemarkt v. Prouty | 132 Kan. 228 | 1931 | 1 | Kansas | |
| Resser v. Carney | 52 Minn. 397 | 1893 | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Hilliker v. Francisco | 65 Mo. 598 | 1877 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Stewart v. Flowers | 44 Miss. 513 | 1870 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Bader v. Extension of the LowerRiver Road Co. | 12 Ohio Cir. Dec. 319 | 1901 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Talbot v. Calvert | 24 Pa. 327 | 1855 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Edwards v. Miller | 51 Tenn. 314 | 1871 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Turley v. Tuylor | 65 Tenn. 394 | 1873 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Goldsmith v. Goldsmith | 46 W. Va. 426 | 1899 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Neves v. Scott | 54 U.S. 268 | 1851 | 1 | United States | |
| Brewer v. Jacobs | 22 F. 217 | 1884 | 1 | United States | |
| Swift v. Kortrecht | 112 F. 709 | 1902 | 1 | United States |