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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Johnson v. United States 135 S. Ct. 2551 2015 1 United States
Kepner v. United States 195 U.S. 100 1904 1 United States
BMW Stores, Inc. v. Peugeot Motors of America, Inc. 860 F.2d 212 1988 1 United States
United States v. Vogler 859 F.2d 638 1988 1 United States
Dorr v. United States 195 U.S. 138 1904 1 United States
Ayers v. Peterson 130 F. App'x 666 2005 1 United States
Anglo-American Provision Co. v. Davis Provision Co. No. 2 191 U.S. 376 1903 1 United States
Lagandaon v. Ashcroft 383 F.3d 983 2004 1 United States
Indiana v. Kentucky 136 U.S. 479 1890 1 United States
Mayer v. United States 38 Ct. Cl. 553 1903 1 United States
Degge v. Hitchcock 229 U.S. 162 1913 1 United States
National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People v. Lansing Board of Education 429 F. Supp. 583 1976 1 United States
Downes v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 244 1901 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 304 F. Supp. 2d 1027 2004 1 United States
Burgos v. Murphy 692 F. Supp. 1571 1988 1 United States
United States v. Buck 690 F. Supp. 1291 1988 1 United States
De Lima v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 1 1901 1 United States
McCleskey v. Kemp 481 U.S. 279 1987 1 United States
Gallagher v. Evans 536 F.2d 899 1976 1 United States
Littell v. Erie R. Co. 105 F. 539 1900 1 United States