Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sexton v. McGill 2 La. Ann. 190 1847 1 Louisiana
Walsh v. Friedman 219 N.C. 151 1941 1 North Carolina
Blanchard v. Ward 244 N.C. 142 1956 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Northwestern Bank 271 N.C. 292 1967 1 North Carolina
Joyner v. Duncan 299 N.C. 565 1980 1 North Carolina
Sutton v. Craddock 174 N.C. 274 1917 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Goodeagle Refining Co. 105 Kan. 148 1919 1 Kansas
State v. Anderson 228 N.C. 720 1948 1 North Carolina
State v. Long 243 N.C. 393 1956 1 North Carolina
Hart v. Williams 77 N.C. 426 1877 1 North Carolina
Green v. Green 30 N.J. Eq. 451 1879 1 New Jersey
Gontier v. Thomas 4 Rob. 435 1843 1 Louisiana
Rice v. Steger 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 328 1877 1 Tennessee
Dennistoun v. Malard 2 La. Ann. 14 1847 1 Louisiana
Gaines v. New Orleans 9 F. Cas. 1051 1871 1 United States
State v. Wilson 141 La. 404 1917 1 Louisiana
Chaffe v. Maker 17 R.I. 739 1892 1 Rhode Island
Rowe v. Strother 341 Mo. 1149 1937 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Shaw v. Bridgers 161 N.C. 246 1912 1 North Carolina
Jackson v. State 145 Ala. 54 1906 1 Alabama