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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Ray 32 N.C. 39 1849 1 North Carolina
McMillen v. State 13 Mo. 30 1850 1 Missouri
State v. Mix 15 Mo. 153 1851 1 Missouri
State v. Roberts 15 Mo. 28 1851 1 Missouri
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
Shay v. Commonwealth 36 Pa. 305 1860 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Rose 61 N.C. 406 1868 1 North Carolina
State v. Laney 87 N.C. 535 1882 1 North Carolina
State v. Bryant 103 N.C. 436 1889 1 North Carolina
State v. Herndon 107 N.C. 934 1890 1 North Carolina
State v. Stinnett 203 N.C. 829 1933 1 North Carolina
United States v. Schneiderman 102 F. Supp. 52 1951 1 United States
United States v. Spector 102 F. Supp. 75 1951 1 United States
Massey v. Holland 25 N.C. 197 1842 1 North Carolina
Rice v. Carter's Adm'r 33 N.C. 298 1850 1 North Carolina
Van Winkle v. Blackford 28 W. Va. 670 1886 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Arthur 110 N.C. 400 1892 1 North Carolina
Cathron v. State 40 Fla. 468 1898 1 Florida
Hall v. Fisher 126 N.C. 205 1900 1 North Carolina