Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Nightingale v. Hidden 7 R.I. 115 1862 1 Rhode Island
Perdue v. Montgomery Building & Loan Ass'n 79 Ala. 478 1885 1 Alabama
McKenzie v. Sumner 114 N.C. 425 1894 1 North Carolina
Zeust v. Staffan 14 App. D.C. 200 1899 1 District of Columbia
Shuttleworth v. Dunlop 34 N.J. Eq. 488 1881 1 New Jersey
Wolf v. Atkinson 182 Misc. 675 1944 1 New York
Kreitzer v. Puerto Rico Cars, Inc. 417 F. Supp. 498 1975 1 United States
Gallagher v. Rowan's Adm'r 86 Va. 823 1890 1 Virginia
In re Estate of De Bernede 4 Coffey 486 1895 1 California
Downing v. Nicholson 115 Iowa 493 1902 1 Iowa
Matthews v. Leonard 176 Cal. 576 1917 1 California
Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. v. Holman 62 F.2d 902 1933 1 United States
Case v. Fish 58 Wis. 56 1883 1 Wisconsin
Neaves v. North State Mining Co. 90 N.C. 412 1884 1 North Carolina
Roehl v. Haumesser 114 Ind. 311 1888 1 Indiana
Sill v. Blaney 159 Pa. 264 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Lewis v. Allred 249 N.C. 486 1959 1 North Carolina
Reichler v. Tillman 21 N.C. App. 38 1974 1 North Carolina
Woody v. Smith 65 N.C. 116 1871 1 North Carolina
In re the Estate of Davis 7 N.C. App. 697 1970 1 North Carolina