Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burton v. Peace 206 N.C. 99 1934 1 North Carolina
Fagan v. Jacocks 15 N.C. 263 1833 1 North Carolina
Moore v. Moberly 46 Ky. 299 1847 1 Kentucky
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Ferguson v. Williamson 20 Ark. 272 1859 1 Arkansas
Ramsey v. Lewis 30 Barb. 403 1859 1 New York
State v. Wilson 61 N.C. 237 1867 1 North Carolina
Klopfer v. North Carolina 386 U.S. 213 1967 1 United States
Seely's Adm'r v. Beck 42 Mo. 143 1868 1 Missouri
McCune v. Belt 45 Mo. 174 1869 1 Missouri
Van Petten v. Richardson 68 Mo. 379 1878 1 Missouri
Scribner v. Adams 73 Me. 541 1882 1 Maine
Cannon v. Connaway 5 Del. Ch. 559 1884 1 Delaware
Niece v. Rogers 14 Ohio C.C. 646 1897 1 Ohio
Niece v. Rogers 7 Ohio Cir. Dec. 676 1897 1 Ohio
Hood v. Morgan 47 W. Va. 817 1900 1 West Virginia
Commissioners of McDowell County v. Nichols 131 N.C. 501 1902 1 North Carolina
Sherling v. Long 122 Ga. 797 1905 1 Georgia
Edwards v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance 173 N.C. 614 1917 1 North Carolina
Harvey v. Oettinger 194 N.C. 483 1927 1 North Carolina