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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Flanders v. Thompson 9 F. Cas. 244 1876 1 United States
Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., Inc. v. Ballou 856 F. Supp. 2d 860 2012 1 United States
In re Weiss 4 B.R. 327 1980 1 United States
In re Pace 521 B.R. 124 2014 1 United States
Sparrow v. Strong 70 U.S. 97 1865 1 United States
The Eutaw 79 U.S. 136 1870 1 United States
Planters' Bank v. Sharp 47 U.S. 301 1848 1 United States
Christmas v. Russell 72 U.S. 290 1866 1 United States
Winchester v. United States 14 Ct. Cl. 13 1878 1 United States
McElroy v. Long 170 F.2d 345 1948 1 United States
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. City of Clarksdale 257 U.S. 10 1921 1 United States
Paxton v. Marshall 18 F. 361 1883 1 United States
United States v. City of Brookhaven 134 F.2d 442 1943 1 United States
Smith v. Kehr 22 F. Cas. 584 1872 1 United States
Boyd v. Clark 8 F. 849 1881 1 United States
Higgins v. Eaton 188 F. 938 1911 1 United States
Mills v. Damson Oil Corp. 691 F.2d 715 1982 1 United States
In re Hacker 73 F. 464 1896 1 United States
Phelps v. Harris 101 U.S. 370 1879 1 United States
Richardson v. Pennsylvania Coal Co. 203 F. 743 1913 1 United States