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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Powell v. Powell 21 N.C. 379 1836 0 North Carolina
Gibbons v. Dunn 18 N.C. 446 1836 0 North Carolina
Bennett v. Flowers 18 N.C. 467 1836 0 North Carolina
Davis v. Gully 19 N.C. 360 1837 0 North Carolina
M'Kay v. Williams 21 N.C. 398 1836 0 North Carolina
Alston v. Hamlin 19 N.C. 115 1836 0 North Carolina
Black v. Ray 21 N.C. 443 1836 0 North Carolina
Knight v. Leak 19 N.C. 133 1836 0 North Carolina
Toler v. Pender 21 N.C. 445 1836 0 North Carolina
Bridges v. Wilkins 56 N.C. 342 1857 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. Houston 56 N.C. 487 1857 0 North Carolina
Battle vs. Petway 27 N.C. 576 1845 0 North Carolina
Simms v. Garrot 21 N.C. 393 1836 0 North Carolina
State v. Ritchie 19 N.C. 29 1836 0 North Carolina
Freeman v. Hill 21 N.C. 389 1836 0 North Carolina
Pinckston v. Brown 56 N.C. 494 1857 0 North Carolina
Neely v. Torian 21 N.C. 410 1836 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Green 20 N.C. 354 1839 0 North Carolina
Thompson v. Todd 19 N.C. 63 1836 0 North Carolina
Harris v. Harris 42 N.C. 111 1850 0 North Carolina