Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
Sussex County Mutual Insurance v. Woodruff 26 N.J.L. 541 1857 1 New Jersey
Thornton v. Thornton 63 N.C. 211 1869 1 North Carolina
Hoppock v. Moses 43 How. Pr. 201 1872 1 New York
Womble v. Fraps 77 N.C. 198 1877 1 North Carolina
Platner v. Platner 78 N.Y. 90 1879 1 New York
Summerrow v. Baruch 128 N.C. 202 1901 1 North Carolina
Voorhees ex rel. Jameson v. Polhemus 36 N.J. Eq. 456 1883 1 New Jersey
Simmons v. Arnim 110 Tex. 309 1920 1 Texas
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Oxley v. Tryon 25 Iowa 95 1868 1 Iowa
Burton v. Le Roy 4 F. Cas. 867 1879 1 United States
Stafford v. Newsom 31 N.C. 507 1849 1 North Carolina
Pritchard v. Dailey 168 N.C. 330 1915 1 North Carolina
Thomas v. Garvan 15 N.C. 223 1833 1 North Carolina
Severance v. Hilton 32 N.H. 289 1855 1 New Hampshire
McRary v. McRary 228 N.C. 714 1948 1 North Carolina
Chastain v. Chastain 87 N.C. 283 1882 1 North Carolina
State v. Warren 100 N.C. 489 1888 1 North Carolina
Deaver v. Keith 27 N.C. 374 1845 1 North Carolina