Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overton v. Boyce 26 N.C. App. 680 1975 1 North Carolina
Speight v. Administrator of Meigs 3 S.C.L. 486 1805 1 South Carolina
Sanders v. Hamilton 21 F. Cas. 320 1802 1 United States
Alsop v. Swathel 7 Conn. 500 1829 1 Connecticut
Officer v. Murphy 16 Tenn. 502 1835 1 Tennessee
Middleton v. Thompson 28 S.C.L. 67 1842 1 South Carolina
Cox v. Clift 2 N.Y. 118 1848 1 New York
Gerry v. Stimson 60 Me. 186 1872 1 Maine
Cohen v. Sharp 44 Cal. 29 1872 1 California
Smith v. Moore 7 S.C. 209 1876 1 South Carolina
Lanier v. Pullman Co. 180 N.C. 406 1920 1 North Carolina
Bills v. Silver King Mining Co. 106 Cal. 9 1895 1 California
Pritchard v. Hutton 187 Mich. 346 1915 1 Michigan
Rosenmann v. Belk-Williams Co. 191 N.C. 493 1926 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Faucett 579 So. 2d 572 1989 1 Alabama
Bowles v. Wathan 54 Mo. 261 1873 1 Missouri
Ferebee v. Pritchard 112 N.C. 83 1893 1 North Carolina
Brinkley v. Brinkley 128 N.C. 503 1901 1 North Carolina
Brinkley v. Spruill 130 N.C. 46 1902 1 North Carolina
Joyner v. Joyner 59 N.C. 322 1862 1 North Carolina