Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
King v. Stokes 125 N.C. 514 1899 1 North Carolina
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
Whitehead v. Weaver 153 N.C. 88 1910 1 North Carolina
Cullens v. Cullens 161 N.C. 344 1913 1 North Carolina
Succession of Bell 194 La. 274 1939 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Whichard v. Whitehurst 181 N.C. 79 1921 1 North Carolina
Ziegler v. Love 185 N.C. 40 1923 1 North Carolina
Snowden v. Snowden 187 N.C. 539 1924 1 North Carolina
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam 140 S. Ct. 1959 2020 1 United States
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Bradley 108 Wis. 467 1901 1 Wisconsin
Byrd v. Patterson 229 N.C. 156 1948 1 North Carolina
Matheson v. American Trust Co. 246 N.C. 710 1957 1 North Carolina
Simon v. Manning 99 N.C. 327 1888 1 North Carolina