Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Murchison v. White 30 N.C. 52 1847 1 North Carolina
Overton v. Williston 31 Pa. 155 1858 1 Pennsylvania
George W. Van Dusen & Co. v. Arnold 5 S.D. 588 1894 1 South Dakota
Johnston v. Cochrane 84 N.C. 446 1881 1 North Carolina
Bell v. Clark, Hood & Co. 71 Miss. 603 1893 1 Mississippi
Blythe v. Simmons 107 Miss. 510 1914 1 Mississippi
Ingram v. Dowdle 30 N.C. 455 1848 1 North Carolina
Skinner v. Warren 81 N.C. 373 1879 1 North Carolina
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