Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wheeler v. Cobb 75 N.C. 21 1876 1 North Carolina
Kellogg v. Supervisors of Winnebago County 42 Wis. 97 1877 1 Wisconsin
Paine v. Roberts 82 N.C. 451 1880 1 North Carolina
Brinkman v. Rueggesick 71 Mo. 553 1880 1 Missouri
Barnhardt v. Smith 86 N.C. 473 1882 1 North Carolina
Bost v. Bost 87 N.C. 477 1882 1 North Carolina
Fulton v. Roberts 113 N.C. 421 1893 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Alsbrook 115 N.C. 46 1894 1 North Carolina
President, Etc., of Bowdoin College v. Merritt 75 F. 480 1896 1 United States
Shreiner v. Shreiner 178 Pa. 57 1896 1 Pennsylvania
Fulbright v. Perry County 145 Mo. 432 1898 1 Missouri
Town of Roanoke Rapids v. Patterson 184 N.C. 135 1922 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Creecy 190 N.C. 301 1925 1 North Carolina
Howard v. Queen City Coach Co. 212 N.C. 201 1937 1 North Carolina
Burrell v. Burrell 243 N.C. 24 1955 1 North Carolina
In re the Estate of Cullinan 259 N.C. 626 1963 1 North Carolina
Katherine Inez Hall v. Wake County Board of Elections 280 N.C. 600 1972 1 North Carolina
American Tobacco Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. 247 Mo. 374 1912 1 Missouri
Carlton, Clark & Co. v. Baldwin 22 Tex. 724 1859 1 Texas
Stoneburner v. Jeffreys 116 N.C. 78 1895 1 North Carolina