Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jennings v. Jennings 63 Va. 313 1872 0 SC of Appeals VA
Phillips v. Humphrey 42 N.C. 206 1851 0 North Carolina
Craig v. Miller 34 N.C. 375 1851 0 North Carolina
Melton v. McKesson 35 N.C. 475 1852 0 North Carolina
Huntly v. Huntly 43 N.C. 250 1852 0 North Carolina
McNeely v. Steele 45 N.C. 240 1853 0 North Carolina
Campbell v. Smith 54 N.C. 156 1854 0 North Carolina
Sharpe v. Campbell 46 N.C. 520 1854 0 North Carolina
Trustees of the University of North Carolina v. Maultsby 55 N.C. 241 1855 0 North Carolina
Gwynn v. Setzer 48 N.C. 382 1856 0 North Carolina
Cotten v. Davis 48 N.C. 355 1856 0 North Carolina
Henderson v. Mabry 13 Ala. 713 1848 0 Alabama
Kinnard v. Thompson 12 Ala. 487 1847 0 Alabama
Dearing v. Lightfoot 16 Ala. 28 1849 0 Alabama
Palmer v. Benson 19 Ala. 594 1851 0 Alabama
Doe ex dem. Shackelford v. Planters' & Merchants' Bank of Mobile 22 Ala. 238 1853 0 Alabama
Burgess v. Sugg 2 Stew. & P. 341 1832 0 Alabama
Richardson v. Miller 48 Miss. 311 1873 0 Mississippi
Guion v. Doherty 43 Miss. 538 1871 0 Mississippi
Munford v. State 39 Miss. 558 1860 0 Mississippi