Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Tate v. Tate 21 N.C. 20 1834 1 North Carolina
Walker v. Coltraine 41 N.C. 79 1849 1 North Carolina
Thomas v. Thomas 32 N.C. 123 1849 1 North Carolina
Tyson v. Harrington 41 N.C. 329 1849 1 North Carolina
Clark v. Edney 28 N.C. 50 1845 1 North Carolina
Ward v. Turner 42 N.C. 73 1850 1 North Carolina
Hafner v. Irwin 23 N.C. 490 1841 1 North Carolina
Den ex dem. Harper v. Burrow 28 N.C. 30 1845 1 North Carolina
Hice v. Cox 34 N.C. 315 1851 1 North Carolina
Downey v. Murphey 18 N.C. 82 1834 1 North Carolina
State v. Johnston 82 N.C. 589 1880 1 North Carolina
State v. Garland 95 N.C. 671 1886 1 North Carolina
Nixon v. McKinney 105 N.C. 23 1890 1 North Carolina
State v. Holly 155 N.C. 485 1911 1 North Carolina
Sternberg v. Crohon & Roden Co. 172 N.C. 731 1916 1 North Carolina
Hill v. Hill 196 N.C. 472 1929 1 North Carolina
State v. Burney 215 N.C. 598 1939 1 North Carolina
State v. King 224 N.C. 329 1944 1 North Carolina
State v. Robinson 226 N.C. 95 1946 1 North Carolina
State v. Chapman 294 N.C. 407 1978 1 North Carolina