Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Boing v. Raleigh & Gaston Railroad 87 N.C. 360 1882 1 North Carolina
State v. Allen 197 N.C. 684 1929 1 North Carolina
Greene v. Spivey 236 N.C. 435 1952 1 North Carolina
Wright v. McMullan 249 N.C. 591 1959 1 North Carolina
Roberson v. Penland 260 N.C. 502 1963 1 North Carolina
Gerdes v. Shew 4 N.C. App. 144 1969 1 North Carolina
Dillinger v. Kelley 84 Mo. 563 1884 1 Missouri
In re Estate of Royer 123 Cal. 614 1899 1 California
Wadly v. Leggitt 82 Ark. 262 1907 1 Arkansas
Bessler v. Powder River Gold Dredging Co. 90 Or. 663 1918 1 Oregon
Colombo v. Stevenson 150 N.C. App. 163 2002 1 North Carolina
Townsend v. Moore 53 N.C. 147 1860 1 North Carolina
Mobley v. Watts 98 N.C. 284 1887 1 North Carolina
John L. Roper Lumber Co. v. Hudson 153 N.C. 96 1910 1 North Carolina
McEwan v. Brown 176 N.C. 249 1918 1 North Carolina
Murphy v. Farmers' Bank 20 Pa. 415 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad v. Catawissa Railroad 53 Pa. 20 1866 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth ex rel. McLaughlin v. Cluley 56 Pa. 270 1867 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth ex rel. Gordon v. Graham 64 Pa. 339 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney-General v. Dillon 81 1/2 Pa. 41 1870 1 Pennsylvania