Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Stearns v. Woolard (In re Laughing-House) 51 B.R. 869 1985 1 United States
Perkins v. Caldwell 77 N.C. 433 1877 1 North Carolina
Ruffin v. Ruffin 112 N.C. 102 1893 1 North Carolina
Allday v. Cage 148 S.W. 838 1912 1 Texas
Davis v. Lanier 47 N.C. 307 1855 1 North Carolina
Warfield v. Lindell 30 Mo. 272 1860 1 Missouri
Hughes v. Hodges 94 N.C. 56 1886 1 North Carolina
Howerton v. Sexton 104 N.C. 75 1889 1 North Carolina
Phelan v. Hutchison 62 N.C. 116 1867 1 North Carolina
Cook v. Gilmore 133 Ill. 139 1890 1 Illinois
Smith v. Frazier 119 N.C. 157 1896 1 North Carolina
Freick v. Hinkly 122 Minn. 24 1913 1 Minnesota
Raleigh Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Leach 169 N.C. 706 1915 1 North Carolina
Childress v. Johnson Motor Lines, Inc. 235 N.C. 522 1952 1 North Carolina
Mickelson v. Barnet 390 Mass. 786 1984 1 Massachusetts
Johnston v. Eason 38 N.C. 330 1844 1 North Carolina
Gates v. Shutts 7 Mich. 127 1859 1 Michigan
Kornegay v. Spicer 76 N.C. 95 1877 1 North Carolina
Ventres v. Cobb 105 Ill. 33 1882 1 Illinois
McMillan v. Rushing 80 Ala. 402 1885 1 Alabama