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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Harris v. Vasquez 913 F.2d 606 1990 1 United States
Fisher v. Jordan 116 F.2d 183 1940 1 United States
Carey v. Roosevelt 81 F. 608 1897 1 United States
Perkins v. ELG 99 F.2d 408 1938 1 United States
Stump v. Roberts 23 F. Cas. 280 1813 1 United States
United States v. Cruikshank 92 U.S. 542 1875 1 United States
Reeves v. Schulmeier 303 F.2d 802 1962 1 United States
Ex parte Stell 22 F. Cas. 1242 1882 1 United States
McMillan v. City of New York 253 F.R.D. 247 2008 1 United States
Cummings v. Isenberg 89 F.2d 489 1937 1 United States
United States v. Michigan 471 F. Supp. 192 1979 1 United States
Gannett Co. v. DePasquale 443 U.S. 368 1979 1 United States
Minvielle v. Shell Oil Co. 321 F. Supp. 884 1971 1 United States
Spencer v. Lapsley 61 U.S. 264 1857 1 United States
Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. 514 U.S. 211 1995 1 United States
Pickett's Heirs v. Foster 36 F. 514 1888 1 United States
Boumediene v. Bush 553 U.S. 723 2008 1 United States
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
Mayer v. United States 38 Ct. Cl. 553 1903 1 United States
Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan 111 U.S. 379 1884 1 United States