Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dittoe's Adm'r v. Cluney's Executors 22 Ohio St. 436 1872 1 Ohio
Nobles v. Davenport 183 N.C. 207 1922 1 North Carolina
Davis v. Smith 75 N.C. 115 1876 1 North Carolina
Murphy v. Mulgrew 102 Cal. 547 1894 1 California
Bank v. Levy 138 N.C. 274 1905 1 North Carolina
Herod v. Bartley 15 Ill. 58 1853 1 Illinois
Hartman v. Hefflefinger 47 Pa. Super. 1 1911 1 Pennsylvania
Thompson v. Smith 160 N.C. 256 1912 1 North Carolina
Gilmer v. McNairy 69 N.C. 335 1873 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Goodman v. Goodman 72 N.C. 508 1875 1 North Carolina
Ham v. Kornegay 85 N.C. 119 1881 1 North Carolina
Tayloe v. Tayloe 108 N.C. 69 1891 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Cobb 219 F. 663 1914 1 United States
Whitaker v. Whitaker Iron Co. 238 F. 980 1916 1 United States
State v. Credle 91 N.C. 640 1884 1 North Carolina
Kennell v. Boyer 144 Iowa 303 1909 1 Iowa
New-Albany & Salem Railroad v. Pickens 5 Ind. 247 1854 1 Indiana
Brittain v. Westall 137 N.C. 30 1904 1 North Carolina
Swindell v. Latham 145 N.C. 144 1907 1 North Carolina
Albert Pick & Co. v. Morehead Bluffs Hotel Co. 197 N.C. 110 1929 1 North Carolina