Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company's Appeal 62 Pa. 218 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Foster's Administrator v. Rucker's Executor 26 Mo. 494 1858 1 Missouri
Rouse v. Rouse 167 N.C. 208 1914 1 North Carolina
Dicks v. Young 181 N.C. 448 1921 1 North Carolina
Cilley v. Geitner 182 N.C. 714 1921 1 North Carolina
Van Winkle v. Berger 228 N.C. 473 1948 1 North Carolina
Dowell v. Jacks 53 N.C. 387 1861 1 North Carolina
Cockrill v. Cockrill 79 F. 143 1897 1 United States
Cockrill v. Cockrill 92 F. 811 1899 1 United States
In re Jeffress 223 N.C. 273 1943 1 North Carolina
Edwards v. Burns 26 Mo. App. 44 1887 1 Missouri
Turner v. Shaw 96 Mo. 22 1888 1 Missouri
Craine v. Edwards 92 Ky. 109 1891 1 Kentucky
Rathbone v. Hamilton 4 App. D.C. 475 1894 1 District of Columbia
Morton v. Onion 45 Vt. 145 1872 1 Vermont
Carothers v. Carothers 196 Okla. 640 1946 1 Oklahoma
Dudley v. Staton 257 N.C. 572 1962 1 North Carolina
Krall v. Forney 182 Pa. 6 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Sutherland v. Mayer 271 U.S. 272 1926 1 United States
Hanchett v. Williams 24 Ill. App. 56 1887 1 Illinois