Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ruffin v. Harrison 81 N.C. 208 1879 1 North Carolina
Trapp v. Moore 21 Ala. 693 1852 1 Alabama
Edney v. Motz 40 N.C. 233 1848 1 North Carolina
Thompson v. McNair 62 N.C. 121 1867 1 North Carolina
Simms v. Vick 151 N.C. 78 1909 1 North Carolina
State v. Williams 219 N.C. 365 1941 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Ellen v. Arrington 25 N.C. 99 1842 1 North Carolina
Exum v. Bowden 39 N.C. 281 1846 1 North Carolina
Gray v. Armistead 41 N.C. 74 1849 1 North Carolina
Boyd v. Murray 62 N.C. 238 1867 1 North Carolina
State v. Rubey 77 Mo. 610 1883 1 Missouri
Lochenmeyer v. Fogarty 112 Ill. 572 1884 1 Illinois
Hulbert v. Douglas 1 Ga. L. Rep. 652 1886 1 Georgia
Hulbert v. Douglas 94 N.C. 122 1886 1 North Carolina
Wittkowsky v. Gidney 124 N.C. 437 1899 1 North Carolina
Loftin v. Hill 131 N.C. 105 1902 1 North Carolina
Sanford v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. 116 Ga. 689 1902 1 Georgia
Fidelity Co. v. Jordan 134 N.C. 236 1904 1 North Carolina
Rollins v. Ebbs 138 N.C. 140 1905 1 North Carolina
Town of Washburn v. Lee 128 Wis. 312 1906 1 Wisconsin