Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Rand 33 N.H. 216 1856 1 New Hampshire
Kilpatrick v. Commonwealth 31 Pa. 198 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Cuyler v. McCartney 40 N.Y. 221 1869 1 New York
People v. Trim 39 Cal. 75 1870 1 California
Lynes v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1208 1872 1 Mississippi
Browning v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 860 1872 1 Mississippi
State v. McCanon 51 Mo. 160 1872 1 Missouri
State v. Blackburn 80 N.C. 474 1879 1 North Carolina
State v. Jordan 216 N.C. 356 1939 1 North Carolina
State v. Gordon 241 N.C. 356 1955 1 North Carolina
State v. Stevens 295 N.C. 21 1978 1 North Carolina
State v. Hamlette 302 N.C. 490 1981 1 North Carolina
Perdue v. Perdue 124 N.C. 161 1899 1 North Carolina
Goldsboro Lumber Co. v. Hines Bros. Lumber Co. 153 N.C. 49 1910 1 North Carolina
Bailey v. Bailey 172 N.C. 671 1916 1 North Carolina
Fleming v. Motz 187 N.C. 593 1924 1 North Carolina
Bailey v. Federal Land Bank 217 N.C. 512 1940 1 North Carolina
Higgins v. Higgins 223 N.C. 453 1943 1 North Carolina
Minor v. Minor 232 N.C. 669 1950 1 North Carolina
Craven County v. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. 237 N.C. 502 1953 1 North Carolina