Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
May v. People 92 Ill. 343 1879 1 Illinois
State v. Township of Delaware 42 N.J.L. 513 1880 1 New Jersey
Walton v. Pearson 85 N.C. 34 1881 1 North Carolina
Stancill v. Gay 92 N.C. 455 1885 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Whatley v. Brewer 19 Ala. App. 291 1923 1 Alabama
Oliver v. Board of Commissioners 194 N.C. 380 1927 1 North Carolina
State v. Tola 222 N.C. 406 1942 1 North Carolina
Doe on demise of Page v. Atkins 60 N.C. 273 1864 1 North Carolina
State v. Cauble 70 N.C. 62 1874 1 North Carolina
West v. Slick 313 N.C. 33 1985 1 North Carolina
Mobley v. Griffin 104 N.C. 112 1889 1 North Carolina
Devereux v. McMahon 108 N.C. 134 1891 1 North Carolina
M. & J. Finance Corp. v. Rinehardt 216 N.C. 380 1939 1 North Carolina
Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad v. Clarke & Thaw 29 Pa. 146 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Wong Chow v. Transatlantic Fire Insurance 13 Haw. 160 1900 1 Hawaii
State v. Cole 249 N.C. 733 1959 1 North Carolina
State v. Rose 251 N.C. 281 1959 1 North Carolina
Hall v. Gibbs 87 N.C. 4 1882 1 North Carolina
Tucker v. Baker 94 N.C. 162 1886 1 North Carolina
Mull v. Walker 100 N.C. 46 1888 1 North Carolina