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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
State v. Ketchey 70 N.C. 621 1874 1 North Carolina
State v. Caveness 78 N.C. 484 1878 1 North Carolina
Gilchrist v. Marrow 5 N.C. 607 1816 0 North Carolina
State v. Wesson 16 N.C. App. 683 1972 1 North Carolina
Whitaker v. Carter 26 N.C. 461 1844 1 North Carolina
State v. Ballangee 191 N.C. 700 1926 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Smith 117 N.C. 326 1895 1 North Carolina
State v. Raper 204 N.C. 503 1933 1 North Carolina
State v. Diggs 181 N.C. 550 1921 1 North Carolina
State v. Laxton 78 N.C. 564 1878 1 North Carolina
State v. Van Pelt 136 N.C. 633 1904 1 North Carolina
McClees v. Sikes 46 N.C. 310 1854 0 North Carolina
Bell v. Clark 31 N.C. 239 1848 1 North Carolina
Barnett v. Barnett 54 N.C. 221 1854 0 North Carolina
State v. Gardner 84 N.C. 732 1881 1 North Carolina
State v. Horan 61 N.C. 571 1868 1 North Carolina
State v. Wise 66 N.C. 120 1872 1 North Carolina
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 North Carolina
Carolina Real Estate Co. v. Bland 152 N.C. 225 1910 1 North Carolina