Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gates v. Shutts 7 Mich. 127 1859 1 Michigan
Kornegay v. Spicer 76 N.C. 95 1877 1 North Carolina
Ventres v. Cobb 105 Ill. 33 1882 1 Illinois
McMillan v. Rushing 80 Ala. 402 1885 1 Alabama
Mareck v. Minneapolis Trust Co. 74 Minn. 538 1898 1 Minnesota
Sharp v. Greene 22 Wash. 677 1900 1 Washington
Eberhardt v. Christiana Window Glass Co. 9 Del. Ch. 284 1911 1 Delaware
Welch v. Scott 27 N.C. 72 1844 1 North Carolina
Price v. Holland 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 289 1855 1 Virginia
United States v. Kelly 277 F. 485 1921 1 United States
Simpson v. Hiatt 35 N.C. 470 1852 1 North Carolina
Quinn v. Rippey 39 N.C. 181 1845 1 North Carolina
H. Seligson & Co. v. Hobby & Post 51 Tex. 147 1879 1 Texas
Spivey v. Rose 120 N.C. 163 1897 1 North Carolina
Dew v. Pyke 145 N.C. 300 1907 1 North Carolina
Booth v. Hairston 193 N.C. 278 1927 1 North Carolina
Outlaw v. Taylor 168 N.C. 511 1915 1 North Carolina
Nixon v. Nixon 215 N.C. 377 1939 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Waldroup 217 N.C. 178 1940 1 North Carolina
McGibboney v. Mills 35 N.C. 163 1851 1 North Carolina