Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thomas v. Garvan 15 N.C. 223 1833 1 North Carolina
Severance v. Hilton 32 N.H. 289 1855 1 New Hampshire
McRary v. McRary 228 N.C. 714 1948 1 North Carolina
Chastain v. Chastain 87 N.C. 283 1882 1 North Carolina
State v. Warren 100 N.C. 489 1888 1 North Carolina
Deaver v. Keith 27 N.C. 374 1845 1 North Carolina
State v. Haney 67 N.C. 467 1872 1 North Carolina
South & North Alabama Railroad v. Highland Avenue & Belt Railroad 119 Ala. 105 1898 1 Alabama
President, Directors & Co. of the Bank of Cape Fear v. Williamson 24 N.C. 147 1841 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Weaver 101 N.C. 1 1888 1 North Carolina
State v. Stanton 23 N.C. 424 1841 1 North Carolina
State v. Pickens 79 N.C. 652 1878 1 North Carolina
Doe ex dem. McGintry v. Reeves 10 Ala. 137 1846 1 Alabama
Den ex dem. Leggett v. Bullock 44 N.C. 283 1853 1 North Carolina
Ruse v. Bromberg 88 Ala. 619 1889 1 Alabama
Haas v. Sternbach 156 Ill. 44 1894 1 Illinois
United States v. Devereux 90 F. 182 1898 1 United States
Merritt v. Hughes 36 W. Va. 356 1892 1 West Virginia
Stone v. Stroud 40 S.C.L. 306 1853 1 South Carolina
Mastin v. Waugh 19 N.C. 517 1837 1 North Carolina