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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Ellis v. Henderson 204 F.2d 173 1953 1 United States
Pillsbury Co. v. Huenefeld 524 F. Supp. 596 1981 1 United States
Marks v. Marks 75 F. 321 1896 1 United States
Bankers’ Trust Co. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 251 F. 789 1918 1 United States
Bickel v. Mackie 447 F. Supp. 1376 1978 1 United States
United States v. Colomb 448 F. Supp. 2d 750 2006 1 United States
Burwell v. Cawood 43 U.S. 560 1844 1 United States
Ainger v. Michigan General Corp. 476 F. Supp. 1209 1979 1 United States
Sanders v. Altmeyer 58 F. Supp. 67 1944 1 United States
First Nat. Ben. Soc. v. Garrison 58 F. Supp. 972 1945 1 United States
Blum v. Salyer 299 F. Supp. 1074 1969 1 United States
Carlisle v. United States 517 U.S. 416 1996 1 United States
In re Jessie’s Heirs 259 F. 694 1919 1 United States
Makofsky v. Cunningham 576 F.2d 1223 1978 1 United States
United States v. Miller 277 F. Supp. 200 1967 1 United States
Sheppard v. Taylor 30 U.S. 675 1831 1 United States
Brown v. Sommers 807 F.3d 701 2015 1 United States
United States v. Lombardozzi 343 F.2d 127 1965 1 United States
Griggs v. United States 158 F. 572 1908 1 United States
The John T. Moore 13 F. Cas. 897 1877 1 United States