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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Newberry v. Davison Chemical Co. 65 F.2d 724 1933 1 United States
Percy Summer Club v. Astle 163 F. 1 1908 1 United States
Pioneer Mining Co. v. Tyberg 4 Alaska Fed. 228 1914 1 United States
Griggs v. United States 3 Alaska Fed. 1 1908 1 United States
In re F. A. Hall Co. 121 F. 992 1903 1 United States
Dendinger v. First National Corp. 16 F.3d 99 1994 1 United States
Christopher Phelps & Associates, LLC v. Galloway 477 F.3d 128 2007 1 United States
Tessier v. H.S. Anderson Trucking Co. 713 F.2d 135 1983 1 United States
Griggs v. United States 158 F. 572 1908 1 United States
Abbott v. Essex Co. 59 U.S. 202 1855 1 United States
Dooley v. Fritz 45 F.2d 317 1930 1 United States
Cochrane v. W. F. Potts Son & Co. 47 F.2d 1026 1931 1 United States
Sheppard v. Taylor 30 U.S. 675 1831 1 United States
United States v. Miller 277 F. Supp. 200 1967 1 United States
Makofsky v. Cunningham 576 F.2d 1223 1978 1 United States
Bradford Electric Light Co. v. Clapper 51 F.2d 992 1931 1 United States
In re Jessie’s Heirs 259 F. 694 1919 1 United States
Carlisle v. United States 517 U.S. 416 1996 1 United States
Croker v. Croker 51 F.2d 11 1931 1 United States
The Whippoorwill 52 F.2d 985 1931 1 United States