Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Chilton v. Smith 180 N.C. 472 1920 1 North Carolina
Western Carolina Lumber Co. v. Sturgill 190 N.C. 776 1925 1 North Carolina
Muse v. Hathaway 193 N.C. 227 1927 1 North Carolina
Davenport v. Phelps 215 N.C. 326 1939 1 North Carolina
Perkins v. Perkins 249 N.C. 152 1958 1 North Carolina
Banks v. Hunter 796 S.E.2d 361 2017 1 North Carolina
Gilbert v. Wright 195 N.C. 165 1928 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Salsbury 232 N.C. 432 1950 1 North Carolina
Owen v. Barksdale 30 N.C. 81 1847 1 North Carolina
Zeiger v. Stephenson 153 N.C. 528 1910 1 North Carolina
State v. Scott 182 N.C. 865 1921 1 North Carolina
Sanders v. Rocky Mount Insurance & Realty Co. 183 N.C. 66 1922 1 North Carolina
Beville v. Cox 109 N.C. 265 1891 1 North Carolina
Short v. Gill 126 N.C. 803 1900 1 North Carolina
Edmundson v. Edmundson 222 N.C. 181 1942 1 North Carolina
State v. Ivey 230 N.C. 172 1949 1 North Carolina
In re the Custody of Davis 248 N.C. 423 1958 1 North Carolina
Gainey v. Local 71, International Brotherhood of Teamsters 252 N.C. 256 1960 1 North Carolina
Burgess ex rel. Burgess v. Gibbs 262 N.C. 462 1964 1 North Carolina
Richards v. Nationwide Homes 263 N.C. 295 1965 1 North Carolina