Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Stanton 23 N.C. 424 1841 1 North Carolina
State v. Pickens 79 N.C. 652 1878 1 North Carolina
Doe ex dem. McGintry v. Reeves 10 Ala. 137 1846 1 Alabama
Den ex dem. Leggett v. Bullock 44 N.C. 283 1853 1 North Carolina
Ruse v. Bromberg 88 Ala. 619 1889 1 Alabama
Haas v. Sternbach 156 Ill. 44 1894 1 Illinois
United States v. Devereux 90 F. 182 1898 1 United States
Merritt v. Hughes 36 W. Va. 356 1892 1 West Virginia
Stone v. Stroud 40 S.C.L. 306 1853 1 South Carolina
Mastin v. Waugh 19 N.C. 517 1837 1 North Carolina
Munroe v. Stutts 31 N.C. 49 1848 1 North Carolina
Maxwell v. Harrison 8 Ga. 61 1850 1 Georgia
Bethea v. Byrd 95 N.C. 309 1886 1 North Carolina
Glenn v. Sumner 132 U.S. 152 1889 1 United States
Allen ex rel. Allen v. Hunnicutt 230 N.C. 49 1949 1 North Carolina
State v. Tickle 238 N.C. 206 1953 1 North Carolina
Osborn v. Gheen 16 D.C. 189 1886 1 District of Columbia
Odom v. Morgan 177 N.C. 367 1919 1 North Carolina
Board of Directors of Theological Seminary v. Lowrance 126 S.C. 89 1923 1 South Carolina
Blades v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. 224 N.C. 32 1944 1 North Carolina