Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Benedict's Will 11 N.Y.S. 252 1889 1 New York
State ex rel. Carr v. Askew 94 N.C. 194 1886 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Rolls 97 Tex. 453 1904 1 Texas
Wallace v. McPherson 139 N.C. 297 1905 1 North Carolina
United States v. Joles 251 F. 417 1917 1 United States
Floyd v. Du Bois Soap Co. 35 Ohio Law Abs. 340 1941 1 Ohio
Le Breton v. Cook 107 Cal. 410 1895 1 California
Grace v. Perry 197 Mo. 550 1906 1 Missouri
Chenoweth v. Bullitt 224 Ky. 698 1928 1 Kentucky
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. Hunt 267 N.C. 173 1966 1 North Carolina
Patterson v. Wadsworth 89 N.C. 407 1883 1 North Carolina
Brinker v. Peasley 15 Wash. 613 1896 1 Washington
Thigpen v. Farmers Banking & Trust Co. 203 N.C. 291 1932 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Robinson v. Ham 215 N.C. 24 1939 1 North Carolina
Gordon v. Lowther 75 N.C. 194 1876 1 North Carolina
County of Scott v. Ring 29 Minn. 398 1882 1 Minnesota
Peterson v. Ferrell 127 N.C. 169 1900 1 North Carolina
Haywood v. Briggs 227 N.C. 108 1947 1 North Carolina
Alcorn v. Alcorn 76 Miss. 907 1899 1 Mississippi
Key v. Jones 52 Ala. 238 1875 1 Alabama