Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Gates v. McCormick 176 N.C. 640 1918 1 North Carolina
McArthur v. Johnson 61 N.C. 317 1867 1 North Carolina
Egerton v. Logan 81 N.C. 172 1879 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Morisey 124 N.C. 292 1899 1 North Carolina
March v. Wilson 44 N.C. 143 1852 1 North Carolina
Abernathy v. South & Western Railway Co. 150 N.C. 97 1908 1 North Carolina
Lemly v. Ellis 146 N.C. 221 1907 1 North Carolina
Edmundson v. Edmundson 222 N.C. 181 1942 1 North Carolina
Ferrell v. Thompson 107 N.C. 420 1890 1 North Carolina
Weaver v. Parker 61 N.C. 479 1868 1 North Carolina
Cheatham v. Hawkins 76 N.C. 335 1877 1 North Carolina
Harrison v. Simmons 44 N.C. 80 1852 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Smith on demise of Kelly v. Spencer 25 N.C. 256 1842 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Culberson v. Morgan 29 N.C. 389 1847 1 North Carolina
Short v. Gill 126 N.C. 803 1900 1 North Carolina
Murphrey v. Wood 47 N.C. 63 1854 1 North Carolina
Shields v. Harris 190 N.C. 520 1925 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Williams 85 N.C. 383 1881 1 North Carolina
Ripley v. Arledge 94 N.C. 467 1886 1 North Carolina