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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Lee v. Kaufman 15 F. Cas. 162 1879 1 United States
Roach v. Van Riswick 11 D.C. 171 1879 1 District of Columbia
Gause v. City of Clarksville 1 F. 353 1880 1 United States
Davis v. United States 17 Ct. Cl. 292 1881 1 United States
United States v. Tichenor 12 F. 415 1882 1 United States
Smoot v. Kentucky Central Ry. Co. 13 F. 337 1882 1 United States
Jackson v. Steamboat Magnolia 61 U.S. 296 1857 1 United States
United States v. Nelson 1 Alaska Fed. 143 1886 1 United States
United States v. Nelson 29 F. 202 1886 1 United States
Presser v. Illinois 116 U.S. 252 1886 1 United States
Denver & Rio Grande Railway v. Harris 122 U.S. 597 1887 1 United States
Cuthbert v. Galloway 35 F. 466 1888 1 United States
Denton v. International Co. of Mexico 36 F. 1 1888 1 United States
The Alaska 130 U.S. 201 1889 1 United States