Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Butler v. Ashworth 110 Cal. 614 1895 1 California
Shew v. Call 119 N.C. 450 1896 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Vermont Marble Co. 99 Vt. 384 1926 1 Vermont
Colt v. Colt 32 Conn. 422 1865 1 Connecticut
Clements v. Rogers 91 N.C. 63 1884 1 North Carolina
Daves v. Haywood 54 N.C. 253 1854 1 North Carolina
Parker v. Eason 213 N.C. 115 1938 1 North Carolina
King v. Neese 233 N.C. 132 1951 1 North Carolina
Atkinson v. Bennett 242 N.C. 456 1955 1 North Carolina
McCullen v. Durham 229 N.C. 418 1948 1 North Carolina
Myers v. Allsbrook 229 N.C. 786 1949 1 North Carolina
Gray v. Gibson 6 Mich. 300 1859 1 Michigan
Cornelius v. Cornelius 52 N.C. 593 1860 1 North Carolina
In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Diez 50 N.Y. 88 1872 1 New York
Burton v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad 82 N.C. 504 1880 1 North Carolina
Pierce v. Alspaugh 83 N.C. 258 1880 1 North Carolina
Burton v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad 84 N.C. 192 1881 1 North Carolina
State v. Nicholson 85 N.C. 548 1881 1 North Carolina
Branton v. O'Briant 93 N.C. 99 1885 1 North Carolina
Estate of Cawley 136 Pa. 628 1890 1 Pennsylvania