Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Newell v. Cowan 30 Miss. 492 1855 0 Mississippi
Freeman v. Dwiggins 55 N.C. 162 1855 0 North Carolina
Zollicoffer v. Zollicoffer 168 N.C. 326 1915 1 North Carolina
Sully v. Nebergall 30 Iowa 339 1870 1 Iowa
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Texas
Wilson v. Hendricks 54 N.C. 295 1854 0 North Carolina
Booth v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance 43 Mich. 299 1880 1 Michigan
Pickersgill v. Brown 7 La. Ann. 297 1852 0 Louisiana
Uzzle v. Wood 54 N.C. 226 1854 0 North Carolina
Moreland v. Brady 8 Or. 303 1880 1 Oregon
Blackford v. Anderson 226 Iowa 1138 1939 1 Iowa
Robinson v. Varnell 16 Tex. 382 1856 0 Texas
Cox v. Manvel 56 Minn. 358 1894 1 Minnesota
Futrill v. Futrill 59 N.C. 337 1862 1 North Carolina
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Louisiana
Kelsey v. Cameron 74 Ariz. 248 1952 1 Arizona
Rearden v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad 215 Mo. 105 1908 1 Missouri
Flynt v. Bodenhamer 80 N.C. 205 1879 1 North Carolina
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Louisiana
Moore v. Edmiston 70 N.C. 510 1874 1 North Carolina