Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ramsey v. Davis 193 N.C. 395 1927 1 North Carolina
Sanderson v. Ætna Life Insurance 218 N.C. 270 1940 1 North Carolina
Reid v. Holden 242 N.C. 408 1955 1 North Carolina
Shelton v. Pease 10 Mo. 473 1847 1 Missouri
Fowler v. Poling 6 Barb. 165 1849 1 New York
Webster v. Laws 89 N.C. 224 1883 1 North Carolina
Hodges v. Wilkinson 111 N.C. 56 1892 1 North Carolina
Sayre v. Sheffield Land, Iron & Coal Co. 106 Ala. 440 1894 1 Alabama
Jeffers v. Easton, Eldridge & Co. 113 Cal. 345 1896 1 California
Britton v. Ruffin 123 N.C. 67 1898 1 North Carolina
Kennerly v. B. F. Avery & Sons Plow Co. 300 S.W. 159 1927 1 Texas
Den on Dem. of Gowing v. Rich 23 N.C. 553 1841 1 North Carolina
Coffield's Ex'rs v. Collins 26 N.C. 486 1844 1 North Carolina
Patton v. Smith 29 N.C. 440 1847 1 North Carolina
Parker v. Scott 64 N.C. 118 1870 1 North Carolina
State v. Davis 25 N.C. App. 181 1975 1 North Carolina
Reid v. Hancock 29 Tenn. 368 1849 1 Tennessee
People v. Atkins 7 Ill. App. 105 1880 1 Illinois
Creech v. Grainger 106 N.C. 213 1890 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Clark v. Peebles 120 N.C. 31 1897 1 North Carolina