Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Bloodworth 12 La. Ann. 699 1857 0 Louisiana
Dalton v. Mertz 197 Mich. 390 1917 1 Michigan
Lagrange v. Barre 11 Rob. 302 1845 0 Louisiana
Hunter v. Yarborough 92 N.C. 68 1885 1 North Carolina
Fairbairn v. Fisher 58 N.C. 385 1860 1 North Carolina
Wilkins v. Harriss 60 N.C. 41 1864 1 North Carolina
Lane v. Wingate 25 N.C. 326 1843 0 North Carolina
Lockhart v. Lockhart 56 N.C. 205 1857 0 North Carolina
Wheeler v. Piper 56 N.C. 249 1857 0 North Carolina
Neighbors v. Hamlin 78 N.C. 42 1878 1 North Carolina
Largent v. Berry 48 N.C. 531 1856 0 North Carolina
Camp v. Pittman 90 N.C. 615 1884 1 North Carolina
Bolles v. Bolles 44 N.J. Eq. 385 1888 1 New Jersey
Lipscomb v. Postell ex rel. Van Vacter 38 Miss. 476 1860 0 Mississippi
Farmer v. Barnes 56 N.C. 109 1856 0 North Carolina
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 North Carolina
Sweeny v. Mayhew 6 Idaho 455 1899 1 Idaho
Wilson v. Maddox 46 W. Va. 641 1899 1 West Virginia
Liptrot v. Holmes 1 Ga. 381 1846 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Maddox v. Simmons & Griffin 31 Ga. 512 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia