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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burkhead v. Colson 22 N.C. 77 1838 0 North Carolina
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 North Carolina
Young v. Gibson 2 Tex. 417 1847 0 Texas
Almeida v. State 737 So. 2d 520 1999 1 Florida
City of Shreveport v. Dickason 160 La. 563 1926 1 Louisiana
Williams v. Hughes 169 So. 240 1936 1 Louisiana
State v. Lomas 114 Nev. 313 1998 1 Nevada
In re Estate of Balter 703 A.2d 1038 1997 1 Pennsylvania
In re N.J. A. 997 S.W.2d 554 1999 1 Texas
Pierson v. Pierson 150 S.W.2d 788 1941 1 Texas
State v. McCallum 208 Wis. 2d 463 1997 1 Wisconsin
Turner v. Glickman 207 F.3d 419 2000 1 United States
Hudson v. United States 522 U.S. 93 1997 1 United States
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Williams 30 V.I. 47 1994 1 Virgin Islands
Dalton v. Houston 58 N.C. 401 1860 0 North Carolina
Sleight v. Watson 53 N.C. 10 1860 0 North Carolina
Hedrick v. Wagoner 53 N.C. 360 1861 0 North Carolina
Holderness v. Palmer 57 N.C. 107 1858 0 North Carolina
Holt v. Hogan 58 N.C. 82 1859 0 North Carolina
Carroll v. Hancock 48 N.C. 471 1856 0 North Carolina