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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
United States v. Cross 4 D.C. 603 1835 0 United States
Melvin v. Robinson 31 F. 634 1887 1 United States
Nonce v. Richmond & D. R. Co. 33 F. 429 1887 1 United States
Dufour v. Lang 54 F. 913 1892 1 United States
Davis v. Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. R. 146 F. 403 1906 1 United States
Ex parte Houghton 7 F. 657 1881 1 United States
Senior v. Pierce 31 F. 625 1887 1 United States
United States v. Turner 674 F.3d 420 2012 1 United States
Belo Broadcasting v. Rubin (In re Rubin) 693 F.2d 73 1982 1 United States
Degge v. Hitchcock 229 U.S. 162 1913 1 United States
Sawyer v. Parish of Concordia 12 F. 754 1882 1 United States
Chaffraix v. Board of Liquidation 11 F. 638 1882 1 United States
United States v. Mulholland 50 F. 413 1892 1 United States
United States v. New Bedford Bridge 27 F. Cas. 91 1847 1 United States
Fisher v. Jordan 116 F.2d 183 1940 1 United States
Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Crowell 245 F. 668 1917 1 United States
Becker v. Koza 53 F.R.D. 416 1971 1 United States
Denver & R. G. R. v. Rodder 100 F. 738 1900 1 United States
Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Goodrich 213 F. 339 1914 1 United States
Ex parte New York 256 U.S. 490 1921 1 United States