Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
McClanahan v. Barrow 27 Miss. 664 1854 1 Mississippi
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
United Motor Car Co. v. Drumm 1 La. App. 607 1925 1 Louisiana
Farneyhough's Ex'ors v. Dickerson 41 Va. 582 1843 1 Virginia
Succession of Lissa 195 La. 438 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Lissa 196 So. 924 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Thomas 261 La. 59 1972 1 Louisiana
In re William P. Copping Sheet Plate & Iron Works, Inc. 13 F.2d 895 1926 1 United States
Nelson v. McDonald 68 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 406 1891 1 New York
Buxton v. Shaffer 43 W. Va. 296 1897 1 West Virginia
Ludwig v. Hart 40 N.C. App. 188 1979 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Herring 20 N.C. App. 183 1973 1 North Carolina
State v. Brooks 38 N.C. App. 48 1978 1 North Carolina
In re the Will of Knowles 11 N.C. App. 155 1971 1 North Carolina
Gordon Bros. v. Wageman 77 Neb. 185 1906 1 Nebraska
Pinkham v. Pinkham 55 Neb. 729 1898 1 Nebraska
Burch v. Southern Pacific Co. 32 Nev. 75 1909 1 Nevada
Jones' Heirs v. Perry 18 Tenn. 59 1836 1 Tennessee
Hammond Finance Co. v. Carter 83 So. 2d 682 1955 1 Louisiana
Walbridge v. Robinson 22 Idaho 236 1912 1 Idaho