Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Smith v. Chitwood 44 N.C. 445 1853 0 North Carolina
State v. Smith 63 N.C. 234 1869 1 North Carolina
State v. Parish 104 N.C. 679 1889 1 North Carolina
Battle v. Jones 41 N.C. 567 1850 1 North Carolina
State v. Holmes 63 N.C. 18 1868 1 North Carolina
State v. Whitfield 92 N.C. 831 1885 1 North Carolina
State v. Witherspoon 210 N.C. 647 1936 1 North Carolina
Wade v. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. 147 N.C. 219 1908 1 North Carolina
State v. Burnett 142 N.C. 577 1906 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Brown 203 N.C. 347 1932 1 North Carolina
Mangum v. Brown 200 N.C. 296 1931 1 North Carolina
State v. Mainor 28 N.C. 340 1846 1 North Carolina
State v. Crook 91 N.C. 536 1884 1 North Carolina
Sutton v. Sutton 222 N.C. 274 1942 1 North Carolina
State v. Benton 19 N.C. 196 1836 1 North Carolina
State v. Wise 66 N.C. 120 1872 1 North Carolina
Ferrall v. Broadway 95 N.C. 551 1886 1 North Carolina
Nelson v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance 199 N.C. 443 1930 1 North Carolina
Love v. Pressley 34 N.C. App. 503 1977 1 North Carolina
Doak v. Bank of the State 28 N.C. 309 1846 1 North Carolina