Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gatlin v. Darden 21 N.C. 72 1835 0 North Carolina
Yarborough v. President & Directors of the State Bank 13 N.C. 23 1828 0 North Carolina
Tate v. O'Neal 8 N.C. 418 1821 0 North Carolina
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Mississippi
Wynn v. Wilson 30 F. Cas. 751 1855 0 United States
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Arkansas
Whitesides v. Williams 22 N.C. 153 1838 0 North Carolina
State v. Boon 1 N.C. 246 1801 0 North Carolina
Beers v. Rhea 5 Tex. 349 1849 0 Texas
Batten v. Faulk 49 N.C. 233 1856 0 North Carolina
Allison v. Allison 56 N.C. 236 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Cherry 33 N.C. 475 1850 0 North Carolina
Torrey v. Grant 18 Miss. 89 1848 0 Mississippi
Peirce v. Turner 1 D.C. 462 1808 0 United States
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Civil SC of PA.
Sharp v. Zeller 110 La. 61 1902 1 Louisiana
William v. Van Zandt 3 D.C. 55 1826 0 United States
Sasser v. Jones 38 N.C. 19 1843 0 North Carolina
Succession of Graf 125 La. 197 1909 1 Louisiana
Holmes v. Bacon 28 Miss. 607 1855 0 Mississippi