Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Peterson v. Ferrell 127 N.C. 169 1900 1 North Carolina
Haywood v. Briggs 227 N.C. 108 1947 1 North Carolina
Alcorn v. Alcorn 76 Miss. 907 1899 1 Mississippi
Key v. Jones 52 Ala. 238 1875 1 Alabama
Hardy v. Scales 54 Wis. 452 1882 1 Wisconsin
Shaver's Adm'r v. Ewald's Ex'or 142 Ky. 472 1911 1 Kentucky
Sweeney v. Brow 40 R.I. 281 1917 1 Rhode Island
F. E. Lykes & Co. v. Grove 201 N.C. 254 1931 1 North Carolina
Ferguson v. Croom 73 N.C. App. 316 1985 1 North Carolina
State v. Hoffman 199 N.C. 328 1930 1 North Carolina
Tarlton v. Stidham 122 N.C. App. 77 1996 1 North Carolina
Arrington v. Dortch 77 N.C. 367 1877 1 North Carolina
Tehan v. Tehan 64 N.Y. St. Rep. 731 1894 1 New York
Tehan v. Tehan 31 N.Y.S. 961 1894 1 New York
Kirchner v. Kirchner 127 N.Y.S. 399 1911 1 New York
First Union National Bank v. Melvin 259 N.C. 255 1963 1 North Carolina
State v. Drake 113 N.C. 624 1893 1 North Carolina
Timberlake v. Green 84 N.C. 658 1881 1 North Carolina
Wood v. Mason 17 R.I. 99 1890 1 Rhode Island
Waters v. Richmond & Danville Railroad 108 N.C. 349 1891 1 North Carolina