Strader v. Graham
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Strader v. Graham was an 1851 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the reach of free-state laws over enslaved people who had traveled into free territory, foreshadowing the reasoning later used in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
All labels observed (1)
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| Strader v. Graham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10673691 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Strader v. Graham Context triple: [Taney Court, hasNotableDecision, Strader v. Graham]
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Stone v. Graham
Stone v. Graham is a 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Burger Court struck down a Kentucky law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms as a violation of the Establishment Clause.
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Ingraham v. Wright
Ingraham v. Wright is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to corporal punishment in public schools and that due process does not require a prior hearing before such discipline is imposed.
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C.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Griffin v. Breckenridge
Griffin v. Breckenridge is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized a federal cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) against private conspiracies to deprive individuals of equal protection or equal privileges and immunities.
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E.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Strader v. Graham Target entity description: Strader v. Graham was an 1851 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the reach of free-state laws over enslaved people who had traveled into free territory, foreshadowing the reasoning later used in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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A.
Stone v. Graham
Stone v. Graham is a 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Burger Court struck down a Kentucky law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms as a violation of the Establishment Clause.
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B.
Ingraham v. Wright
Ingraham v. Wright is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to corporal punishment in public schools and that due process does not require a prior hearing before such discipline is imposed.
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C.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Griffin v. Breckenridge
Griffin v. Breckenridge is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized a federal cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) against private conspiracies to deprive individuals of equal protection or equal privileges and immunities.
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E.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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legal case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
conflict of laws in slavery cases
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constitutional law ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases in 1851
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United States Supreme Court cases under the Taney Court NERFINISHED ⓘ United States slavery case law ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtDecision | Roger B. Taney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citation |
10 How. 82
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51 U.S. 82 ⓘ |
| concerns | enslaved musicians who traveled with their owner into free states ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedBefore | Dred Scott v. Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1851 ⓘ |
| foreshadows | Dred Scott v. Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Strader et al. v. Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Indiana
NERFINISHED
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Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to antebellum jurisprudence on slavery and federal jurisdiction
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limited the reach of free-state laws over enslaved people who had traveled into free territory ⓘ |
| holding |
The Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to review the decision of the Kentucky Court of Appeals on the status of the enslaved persons.
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The status of enslaved persons depended on the law of the slave state to which they returned, not on the law of the free state they had visited. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalIssue |
conflict of laws
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reach of free-state laws ⓘ slavery ⓘ status of enslaved persons traveling into free territory ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Roger B. Taney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatingCourt | Kentucky Court of Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parties |
Graham
NERFINISHED
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Strader et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentFor | later pro-slavery interpretations of federal constitutional law ⓘ |
| principle |
Free-state laws did not automatically confer permanent freedom on enslaved persons who returned to slave states.
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Law of the state of domicile governs the status of enslaved persons upon their return. ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Dred Scott v. Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Judgment of the Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
interstate effect of slavery laws
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slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | antebellum United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Strader v. Graham Description of subject: Strader v. Graham was an 1851 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the reach of free-state laws over enslaved people who had traveled into free territory, foreshadowing the reasoning later used in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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