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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Semel v. Dunn 55 N.Y.S. 1006 1898 1 New York
In re Wheeler 52 N.Y.S. 943 1898 1 New York
Weems v. George 54 U.S. 190 1851 1 United States
Strader v. Graham 51 U.S. 82 1850 1 United States
University v. People 99 U.S. 309 1878 1 United States
Gordon v. Gilfoil 99 U.S. 168 1878 1 United States
Coleman v. Tennessee 97 U.S. 509 1878 1 United States
Tennessee v. Sneed 96 U.S. 69 1877 1 United States
Hall v. DeCuir 95 U.S. 485 1877 1 United States
Haile v. Smith 113 Cal. 656 1896 1 California
State v. Clark 391 So. 2d 1174 1980 1 Louisiana
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Rutherford 95 Va. 773 1898 1 Virginia
Colt v. Lasnier 9 Cow. 319 1827 1 New York
Holliday v. Logan 134 La. 427 1913 1 Louisiana
Foltz v. Cogswell 86 Cal. 542 1890 1 California
Boisseau v. Bass' Administrator 100 Va. 207 1902 1 Virginia
Allemong v. Augusta National Bank 103 Va. 243 1904 1 Virginia
Thomas v. Hardwick 1 Ga. 78 1846 1 Georgia
Yerby v. Lynch 44 Va. 460 1847 1 Virginia
In re the Estate of Altman 115 Misc. 476 1921 1 New York