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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Bankers’ Trust Co. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 251 F. 789 1918 1 United States
Marks v. Marks 75 F. 321 1896 1 United States
Ellis v. Henderson 204 F.2d 173 1953 1 United States
In re Porterfield 138 F. 192 1905 1 United States
Montgomery Light & Water Power Co. v. Montgomery Traction Co. 219 F. 963 1914 1 United States
United States v. Robinson 585 F.2d 274 1978 1 United States
Albright v. McTighe 49 F. 817 1892 1 United States
Kirtland v. Hotchkiss 100 U.S. 491 1879 1 United States
Maynadier v. Duff 4 D.C. 4 1830 1 United States
Sterling v. Blackwelder 302 F. Supp. 1125 1968 1 United States
United States v. Murphy 82 F. 893 1897 1 United States
Henley v. Myers 215 U.S. 373 1910 1 United States
Gulf States Land Co. v. Parker 60 F. 974 1894 1 United States
Garnett v. Macon 10 F. Cas. 12 1825 1 United States
Fahs v. Merrill 142 F.2d 651 1944 1 United States
United States v. Johnson 142 F.2d 588 1944 1 United States
Innes v. Tobin 240 U.S. 127 1916 1 United States
Thurston v. United States 232 U.S. 469 1914 1 United States
Pearson v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. 286 F. 429 1923 1 United States
Ex parte Sifford 22 F. Cas. 105 1857 1 United States