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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Scales v. City of Winston-Salem 189 N.C. 469 1925 1 North Carolina
Klingenberg v. City of Raleigh 212 N.C. 549 1937 1 North Carolina
Smith v. City of Newbern 70 N.C. 14 1874 1 North Carolina
State v. Best 111 N.C. 638 1892 1 North Carolina
Heilig v. Lemly 74 N.C. 250 1876 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Fowler 156 N.C. 340 1911 1 North Carolina
Ashe v. Pettiford 177 N.C. 132 1919 1 North Carolina
Mayo v. Commissioners of Washington 122 N.C. 5 1898 1 North Carolina
State v. Eliason 91 N.C. 564 1884 1 North Carolina
Springer v. Shavender 116 N.C. 12 1895 1 North Carolina
Biggs v. Harris 64 N.C. 413 1870 1 North Carolina
Love v. Pressley 34 N.C. App. 503 1977 1 North Carolina
State v. Powell 94 N.C. 920 1886 1 North Carolina
State v. Brooks 76 N.C. 1 1877 1 North Carolina
Moffitt v. City of Asheville 103 N.C. 237 1889 1 North Carolina
In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Wheeler 1 Pow. Surr. 550 1893 1 New York
De Bussierre v. Holladay 4 Abb. N. Cas. 111 1877 1 New York
Rollwagen v. Rollwagen 10 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 121 1874 1 New York
Marvin v. Marvin 11 Abb. Pr. 102 1871 1 New York
In re the Accounting of Cohen 196 Misc. 599 1949 1 New York