Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
The Alexander 12 U.S. 169 1814 1 United States
Heidritter v. Elizabeth Oil-Cloth Co. 112 U.S. 294 1884 1 United States
Williams v. Armroyd 11 U.S. 423 1813 1 United States
Kurtz v. Moffitt 115 U.S. 487 1885 1 United States
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad v. Commonwealth 115 U.S. 321 1885 1 United States
In re Ayers 123 U.S. 443 1887 1 United States
Hill v. Chicago & Evanston Railroad 140 U.S. 52 1891 1 United States
Lewisburg Bank v. Sheffey 140 U.S. 445 1891 1 United States
Eberly ex rel. Eberly v. Moore 65 U.S. 147 1860 1 United States
Reid v. Rochereau 20 F. Cas. 486 1875 1 United States
Gladding v. United States 37 Ct. Cl. 262 1902 1 United States
Reingold v. Swiftships Inc. 210 F.3d 320 2000 1 United States
McLish v. Roff 141 U.S. 661 1891 1 United States
Brown v. United States 233 F. 353 1916 1 United States
Briggs v. Spaulding 141 U.S. 132 1891 1 United States
Jackson v. Parkersburg & O. V. Electric Ry. Co. 233 F. 784 1916 1 United States
Merrigan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 43 F. Supp. 209 1942 1 United States
City of Joplin v. Southwest Missouri Light Co. 191 U.S. 150 1903 1 United States
The London Packet 18 U.S. 132 1820 1 United States
Henderson v. Wadsworth 115 U.S. 264 1885 1 United States