Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Houston v. Smith 41 N.C. 264 1849 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Powell 41 N.C. 50 1849 0 North Carolina
Murray v. Oliver 41 N.C. 55 1849 0 North Carolina
Snowden v. Banks 31 N.C. 373 1849 0 North Carolina
Smalley v. Lawrence 9 Rob. 210 1844 1 Louisiana
Wiley v. Hunter 2 La. Ann. 806 1847 1 Louisiana
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Harrison v. Evans 1 D.C. 364 1806 0 United States
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Beasley v. Downey 32 N.C. 284 1849 0 North Carolina
Pannell v. Hampton 32 N.C. 463 1849 0 North Carolina
Cannady v. Roberts 41 N.C. 422 1849 0 North Carolina
State v. Robbins 31 N.C. 356 1849 0 North Carolina
Pugh v. Mordecai 41 N.C. 61 1849 0 North Carolina
Den on demise of Meredith v. Anders 31 N.C. 329 1849 0 North Carolina
Scarborough v. Tunnell 41 N.C. 103 1849 0 North Carolina
Witherspoon v. Carmichael 41 N.C. 143 1849 0 North Carolina
Bradshaw v. Simpson 41 N.C. 243 1849 0 North Carolina