Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Nance v. Powell 39 N.C. 297 1846 1 North Carolina
Wilts v. Wilts 151 Iowa 149 1911 1 Iowa
Smith v. Cairns 92 Tex. 667 1899 1 Texas
Hope v. Wilkinson 82 Tenn. 21 1884 1 Tennessee
Lee v. Macon County Bank 233 Ala. 522 1937 1 Alabama
Van Heuvel v. Long 200 Ala. 27 1917 1 Alabama
In re Dodd 62 N.C. 97 1867 1 North Carolina
Doe on demise of Williams v. Harrington 33 N.C. 616 1850 1 North Carolina
Scoby v. Sweatt 28 Tex. 713 1866 1 Texas
McLain v. People ex rel. Moore 85 Ill. 205 1877 1 Illinois
Britt v. Patterson 31 N.C. 197 1848 1 North Carolina
Kincaid v. Howe 10 Mass. 203 1813 1 Massachusetts
Featherston v. Wilson 123 N.C. 623 1898 1 North Carolina
Scott v. Indianapolis Wagon Works 48 Ind. 75 1874 1 Indiana
Foster ex rel. Foster v. Moore 204 N.C. 9 1933 1 North Carolina
Bernhardt v. Brown 122 N.C. 587 1898 1 North Carolina
Presley v. State 30 Tex. 160 1867 0 Texas
Rogers v. Crain 30 Tex. 284 1867 0 Texas
Tippett v. Mize 30 Tex. 361 1867 0 Texas
Reavis v. Blackshear 30 Tex. 753 1868 0 Texas