Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Winstead v. Heirs & Terretenants of Winstead 2 N.C. 280 1795 1 North Carolina
Harrison ex rel. Amason v. Ward 14 N.C. 417 1832 1 North Carolina
Clancy ex rel. Carrington v. Carrington 14 N.C. 529 1832 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Harris v. Harrison 78 N.C. 202 1878 1 North Carolina
Bailey v. Shannonhouse 16 N.C. 416 1830 1 North Carolina
Gould v. Central Trust Co. 6 Abb. N. Cas. 381 1879 1 New York
Stowe v. Powers 19 Wyo. 291 1911 1 Wyoming
Hood v. Macclesfield Co. 209 N.C. 277 1936 1 North Carolina
Lyne v. Cleveland's adm'r 64 Ky. 80 1866 1 Kentucky
Cheek v. Walker 138 N.C. 446 1905 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Hicks 182 N.C. 112 1921 1 North Carolina
M'Mechan v. Griffing 20 Mass. 149 1825 1 Massachusetts
Shute v. Wade 13 Tenn. 1 1833 1 Tennessee
Dobson v. Prather 41 N.C. 31 1849 1 North Carolina
Butts v. Patton 33 N.C. 262 1850 1 North Carolina
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Ivy v. Rogers 16 N.C. 58 1827 1 North Carolina
Shearin v. Eaton's 37 N.C. 282 1842 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Whaley v. Blackwell 20 Mo. 97 1854 1 Missouri
State v. Streeton 231 N.C. 301 1949 1 North Carolina