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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
Davis v. Gaines 104 U.S. 386 1881 1 United States
Middlesworth v. Houston Oil Co. of Texas 184 F. 857 1911 1 United States
McLeod v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. 67 F. Supp. 139 1946 1 United States
United States v. 1,380 Acres of Land 91 F. Supp. 1002 1950 1 United States
Joseph v. Winakur 30 F.2d 510 1929 1 United States
United States ex rel. Hine v. Morse 218 U.S. 493 1910 1 United States
Phelps v. Dawson 97 F.2d 339 1938 1 United States
Testa v. Katt 330 U.S. 386 1947 1 United States
Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn 420 U.S. 469 1975 1 United States
Galloway v. United States 319 U.S. 372 1943 1 United States
Takao Ozawa v. United States 260 U.S. 178 1922 1 United States
Munn v. Illinois 94 U.S. 113 1876 1 United States
Strauder v. West Virginia 100 U.S. 303 1879 1 United States
Civil Rights Cases 109 U.S. 3 1883 1 United States
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida 517 U.S. 44 1996 1 United States
Myers v. United States 272 U.S. 52 1926 1 United States
Ex parte Young 209 U.S. 123 1908 1 United States
Adamson v. California 332 U.S. 46 1947 1 United States
Patch v. Wabash Railroad 207 U.S. 277 1907 1 United States