Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Spearman v. State 152 S.W. 915 1912 1 Texas
Freeman v. Freeman 71 W. Va. 303 1912 1 West Virginia
Wolfle v. United States 291 U.S. 7 1934 1 United States
Adams v. Wheeler 27 Mass. 199 1830 1 Massachusetts
Harris v. Tyson 24 Pa. 347 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Cribbins v. Markwood 54 Va. 495 1856 1 Virginia
Cleere v. Cleere 82 Ala. 581 1886 1 Alabama
Campbell v. Dexter 17 D.C. App. 454 1901 1 District of Columbia
Doheny v. Lacy 168 N.Y. 213 1901 1 New York
Howe v. Stevens 47 Vt. 262 1875 1 Vermont
Cuzzourt v. Popham 58 Ga. App. 758 1938 1 Georgia
Rushin v. State 63 Ga. App. 646 1940 1 Georgia
Parrett v. State 200 Ind. 7 1928 1 Indiana
Croop v. Walton 199 Ind. 262 1927 1 Indiana
Guetling v. State 198 Ind. 284 1926 1 Indiana
Webster v. Morris 66 Wis. 366 1886 1 Wisconsin
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
Halliwell Cement Co. v. Stewart 103 Mo. App. 182 1903 1 Missouri
Whitcomb v. Young 258 Ind. 127 1972 1 Indiana