Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Malone v. Meres 91 Fla. 709 1926 1 Florida
Crummett v. Crummett 102 W. Va. 151 1926 1 West Virginia
Dobie v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 164 Va. 464 1935 1 Virginia
Higgins v. Driggs 21 Fla. 103 1884 1 Florida
Draper v. Medlock 122 Ga. 234 1905 1 Georgia
Halliday v. Bank of Stewart County 128 Ga. 639 1907 1 Georgia
Illinois Central Railroad v. Schwartz 11 Ill. App. 482 1882 1 Illinois
Gouwens v. Gouwens 222 Ill. 223 1906 1 Illinois
Ross v. Ross 47 Mich. 185 1881 1 Michigan
Rose v. Rose 53 Mich. 585 1884 1 Michigan
Macomb Sewer-Pipe Co. v. Hanley 61 Minn. 350 1895 1 Minnesota
Adams v. Adams 49 Mo. App. 592 1892 1 Missouri
Ruff v. Doty 26 S.C. 173 1887 1 South Carolina
Philipowski v. Spencer 63 Tex. 604 1885 1 Texas
Arey v. Arey 22 Wash. 261 1900 1 Washington
Williams v. Williams 63 Wis. 58 1885 1 Wisconsin
Switzer v. Switzer 167 Va. 193 1936 1 Virginia
Parks v. Wiltbank 177 Va. 461 1941 1 Virginia
Drewry v. Doyle 179 Va. 715 1942 1 Virginia
Henderson v. Forrest 184 N.C. 230 1922 1 North Carolina