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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
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
Brown v. Sommers 807 F.3d 701 2015 1 United States
United States v. Lombardozzi 343 F.2d 127 1965 1 United States
The John T. Moore 13 F. Cas. 897 1877 1 United States
Ridings v. Johnson 128 U.S. 212 1888 1 United States
McKenzie v. Cowing 4 D.C. 479 1834 1 United States
Hagan v. Walker 55 U.S. 29 1852 1 United States
Savings Bank v. Creswell 100 U.S. 630 1879 1 United States
Newberry v. Davison Chemical Co. 65 F.2d 724 1933 1 United States
Pioneer Mining Co. v. Tyberg 4 Alaska Fed. 228 1914 1 United States
Griggs v. United States 3 Alaska Fed. 1 1908 1 United States
Griggs v. United States 158 F. 572 1908 1 United States
Sheppard v. Taylor 30 U.S. 675 1831 1 United States
United States v. Miller 277 F. Supp. 200 1967 1 United States
Makofsky v. Cunningham 576 F.2d 1223 1978 1 United States
In re Jessie’s Heirs 259 F. 694 1919 1 United States
Carlisle v. United States 517 U.S. 416 1996 1 United States