Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sackman v. Campbell 15 Wash. 57 1896 1 Washington
Magee v. Cowperthwaite 10 Ala. 966 1847 1 Alabama
Hall v. Carter 8 Ga. 388 1850 1 Georgia
Moore v. Miller 62 N.C. 359 1868 1 North Carolina
Calvert v. Peebles 71 N.C. 274 1874 1 North Carolina
Blue v. Ritter 118 N.C. 580 1896 1 North Carolina
Tillinghast v. Merrill 151 N.Y. 135 1896 1 New York
Talbot v. De Forest 3 Greene 586 1852 1 Iowa
Day v. Webb 28 Conn. 140 1859 1 Connecticut
Fort v. Bank of Cape Fear 61 N.C. 417 1868 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Palmer 83 N.C. 303 1880 1 North Carolina
Rathbone v. Stocking 2 Barb. 135 1848 1 New York
Eason v. Cherry 59 N.C. 261 1862 1 North Carolina
Smith v. City of Newbern 73 N.C. 303 1875 1 North Carolina
Richardson v. International Bank 11 Ill. App. 582 1882 1 Illinois
Green v. Stacy 90 Wis. 46 1895 1 Wisconsin
Doe on dem. of McLenan v. Chisholm 64 N.C. 323 1870 1 North Carolina
Lain v. Gaither 72 N.C. 234 1875 1 North Carolina
Lumber Co. v. Lumber Co. 140 N.C. 437 1906 1 North Carolina
Guenther v. Dennis-Simmons Lumber Co. 246 F. 521 1917 1 United States