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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Elliott v. Sackett 108 U.S. 132 1883 1 United States
Bentley v. Phelps 3 F. Cas. 244 1847 1 United States
Hunter v. Marlboro 12 F. Cas. 957 1846 1 United States
Sutherland v. Mayer 271 U.S. 272 1926 1 United States
Cockrill v. Cockrill 92 F. 811 1899 1 United States
Cockrill v. Cockrill 79 F. 143 1897 1 United States
Polk's Lessee v. Robertson & Cockrel 1 Tenn. 456 1809 1 United States
Cragin v. Powell 128 U.S. 691 1888 1 United States
Dundas v. Hitchcock 53 U.S. 256 1851 1 United States
Sanders v. Hamilton 21 F. Cas. 320 1802 1 United States
Greeley v. Scott 10 F. Cas. 1072 1875 1 United States
Burton-Sutton Oil Co. v. Commissioner 150 F.2d 621 1945 1 United States
Barreda v. Silsbee 62 U.S. 146 1858 1 United States
Ex parte McCardle 73 U.S. 318 1867 1 United States
Stubbs v. United States 21 F. Supp. 1007 1938 1 United States
Amis v. Smith 41 U.S. 303 1842 1 United States
Taylor v. Holmes 14 F. 498 1882 1 United States
La Roche v. Lessee of Jones 50 U.S. 155 1850 1 United States
Doe ex dem. Barbarie v. Eslava 50 U.S. 421 1850 1 United States
Higdon v. Jones 64 F.2d 296 1933 1 United States