Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Festorazzi v. First National Bank 288 Ala. 645 1972 1 Alabama
Dickinson v. Lippitt 27 N.C. 560 1845 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Lewis 30 N.C. 70 1847 1 North Carolina
Doe on the Demise of Marshall v. Fisher 46 N.C. 111 1853 1 North Carolina
Isler v. Murphy 71 N.C. 436 1874 1 North Carolina
Ximenes v. Ximenes 43 Tex. 458 1875 1 Texas
Nettles v. State 4 Tex. Ct. App. 337 1878 1 Texas
Rauh v. Ritchie 1 Ill. App. 188 1878 1 Illinois
Wall v. Covington 83 N.C. 144 1880 1 North Carolina
Hyer's Executors v. Caro's Executrix 18 Fla. 694 1882 1 Florida
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Berg 57 Ill. App. 521 1895 1 Illinois
State v. Gibson 67 W. Va. 548 1910 1 West Virginia
In re National Telephone Mfg. Co. 230 F. 785 1916 1 United States
Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Reid 187 N.C. 320 1924 1 North Carolina
Chapman v. Stubbs 109 Fla. 192 1933 1 Florida
State v. Cannon 244 N.C. 399 1956 1 North Carolina
State v. Old 271 N.C. 341 1967 1 North Carolina
MacDonald v. Quimby 350 Mich. 21 1957 1 Michigan
Crystal v. Hubbard 92 Mich. App. 240 1979 1 Michigan
Gurganus v. Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. 246 N.C. 655 1957 1 North Carolina