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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Day v. New England Car-Spring Co. 7 F. Cas. 252 1854 1 United States
Beard v. Roth 35 F. 397 1888 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 375 F. Supp. 2d 721 2005 1 United States
Ayers v. Peterson 130 F. App'x 666 2005 1 United States
Gentry v. Missouri ex rel. Butler 32 F.2d 159 1929 1 United States
Lagandaon v. Ashcroft 383 F.3d 983 2004 1 United States
Hall v. Lanning 91 U.S. 160 1875 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 304 F. Supp. 2d 1027 2004 1 United States
Montgomery v. United States 5 Ct. Cl. 648 1869 1 United States
The St. Nicholas 14 U.S. 417 1816 1 United States
Silveira v. Lockyer 328 F.3d 567 2003 1 United States
The Fortuna 15 U.S. 161 1817 1 United States
Webb v. Consolidated Oil Co. 100 F.2d 865 1939 1 United States
United States v. Emerson 270 F.3d 203 2001 1 United States
FNFS, Ltd. v. Harwood (In re Harwood) 404 B.R. 366 2009 1 United States
Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly 247 F.3d 854 2001 1 United States
Moser v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re Brown) 375 B.R. 348 2007 1 United States
Bach v. Pataki 408 F.3d 75 2005 1 United States
United States v. Guerrero-Barajas 240 F.3d 428 2001 1 United States
United States v. Zapata-Ibarra 223 F.3d 281 2000 1 United States