Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Leonis v. Biscailuz 101 Cal. 330 1894 1 California
State v. Ormond 18 N.C. 119 1834 1 North Carolina
State v. Scott 72 N.C. 461 1875 1 North Carolina
Scott v. People 141 Ill. 195 1892 1 Illinois
State v. Lung 21 Nev. 209 1892 1 Nevada
State v. Hewett 158 N.C. 627 1912 1 North Carolina
Wooldridge v. United States 237 F. 775 1916 1 United States
Wooldridge v. United States 4 Alaska Fed. 485 1916 1 United States
Moody v. Lovell 145 Me. 328 1950 1 Maine
Keeton's Heirs v. Keeton's Administrator 20 Mo. 530 1855 1 Missouri
Grant v. Hughes 94 N.C. 231 1886 1 North Carolina
Coggins v. Flythe 113 N.C. 102 1893 1 North Carolina
Bond v. Cutler 10 Mass. 419 1813 1 Massachusetts
Burton v. Farinholt 86 N.C. 260 1882 1 North Carolina
State v. Jessup 279 N.C. 108 1971 1 North Carolina
Champion v. Miller 55 N.C. 194 1855 1 North Carolina
Shepard v. Akers 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 215 1876 1 Tennessee
Grantham v. Kennedy 91 N.C. 148 1884 1 North Carolina
Haughton v. Lane 38 N.C. 627 1845 1 North Carolina
Murchison's Executors v. Whitted 87 N.C. 465 1882 1 North Carolina