Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Van Winkle v. Blackford 28 W. Va. 670 1886 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Arthur 110 N.C. 400 1892 1 North Carolina
Cathron v. State 40 Fla. 468 1898 1 Florida
Hall v. Fisher 126 N.C. 205 1900 1 North Carolina
McManus v. Tarleton 126 N.C. 790 1900 1 North Carolina
Herndon v. Durham & Southern Railroad 161 N.C. 650 1913 1 North Carolina
Dobias v. White 240 N.C. 680 1954 1 North Carolina
Herring v. Volume Merchandise, Inc. 249 N.C. 221 1958 1 North Carolina
Spencer v. Cohoon 18 N.C. 27 1834 1 North Carolina
Werbiskie v. McManus 31 Tex. 116 1868 1 Texas
Woodford v. Stephens 51 Mo. 443 1873 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Carolina Iron Co. v. Abernathy 94 N.C. 545 1886 1 North Carolina
Wooten v. Wooten 123 N.C. 219 1898 1 North Carolina
Harrelson v. Gooden 229 N.C. 654 1948 1 North Carolina
Leak v. Isaacson 15 F. Cas. 102 1847 1 United States
Gleason v. Sawyer 22 N.H. 85 1850 1 New Hampshire
Starring v. Mason 4 Neb. 367 1876 1 Nebraska
Gilmore v. Devlin 11 D.C. 306 1880 1 District of Columbia
Harper v. Dail 92 N.C. 394 1885 1 North Carolina
Keaton v. Jones 119 N.C. 43 1896 1 North Carolina