Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bills v. Putnam 64 N.H. 554 1888 1 New Hampshire
Stevens v. Myers 62 Or. 372 1912 1 Oregon
Manship v. Stewart 181 Ind. 299 1914 1 Indiana
Taft v. Stearns 234 Mass. 273 1920 1 Massachusetts
Young v. Williams 253 N.C. 281 1960 1 North Carolina
Thomson v. Thomson 115 Mo. 56 1893 1 Missouri
State v. Sutton 139 N.C. 574 1905 1 North Carolina
Shoup v. American Trust Co. 245 N.C. 682 1957 1 North Carolina
Hancock v. Watson 18 Cal. 137 1861 1 California
Ex parte Branch 72 N.C. 106 1875 1 North Carolina
Sharpe v. Pearce 74 N.C. 600 1876 1 North Carolina
Harrell v. Butler 92 N.C. 20 1885 1 North Carolina
Rowland v. Rowland 93 N.C. 214 1885 1 North Carolina
Troy & North Carolina Gold Mining Co. v. Snow Lumber Co. 170 N.C. 273 1915 1 North Carolina
Pratt v. Boggs 171 Ky. 106 1916 1 Kentucky
Revis v. Murphy 172 N.C. 579 1916 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Williams 175 N.C. 160 1918 1 North Carolina
Patrick v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance 176 N.C. 660 1918 1 North Carolina
Wells v. Crumpler 182 N.C. 350 1921 1 North Carolina
Meroney v. Cherokee Lodge, No. 146 182 N.C. 739 1921 1 North Carolina