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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Russell v. La Roque 11 Ala. 352 1847 0 Deed of trust dispute Alabama
Shelby v. Burtis 18 Tex. 644 1857 0 Deed of trust/mortgage dispute Texas
Nolley v. Rogers 22 Ark. 227 1860 0 Deed of trust on enslaved person Arkansas
Reynolds v. Crook 31 Ala. 634 1858 0 Deed of trust on enslaved persons Alabama
Lewis v. Starke 18 Miss. 120 1848 0 Deed of trust on slaves Mississippi
Parker v. Vick 22 N.C. 195 1838 0 Deeds North Carolina
Fordham v. Miller's administrators 11 N.C. 219 1825 0 Deeds North Carolina
Cooper v. Cooper 17 N.C. 298 1832 0 Deeds North Carolina
Norwood v. Marrow 20 N.C. 442 1839 0 Deeds North Carolina
Smith v. Thomas 22 N.C. 126 1838 0 Deeds North Carolina
Nichols v. Cartwright 6 N.C. 137 1812 0 Deeds North Carolina
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 Deeds North Carolina
Dewey v. Littlejohn 37 N.C. 495 1843 0 Deeds North Carolina
Kirk ex rel. Kirk v. Turner 16 N.C. 14 1826 0 Deeds North Carolina
Graham v. Graham's administrators 9 N.C. 322 1823 0 Deeds North Carolina
Richard Bros. v. Harrill 55 N.C. 209 1855 0 Deeds North Carolina
Brame v. Brame 55 N.C. 280 1855 0 Deeds North Carolina
Ricks v. Goodrich 3 La. Ann. 212 1848 0 Deeds, conflict of laws, property, sales, adverse title, obligations, contracts, mortgages, mandates Louisiana
Peterson v. Matthis 56 N.C. 31 1856 0 Deeds / Estates North Carolina
Kent v. Bottoms 56 N.C. 69 1856 0 Deeds / Estates North Carolina