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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Sickles v. City of New Orleans 80 F. 868 1897 1 United States
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
United States v. Slade 27 F. Cas. 1125 1820 1 United States
Haws v. Fracarol 72 F.2d 461 1934 1 United States
Mackall v. Casilear 137 U.S. 556 1890 1 United States
United States v. McMullen 222 U.S. 460 1912 1 United States
Fountain v. 624 Pieces of Timber 140 F. 381 1904 1 United States
Rafferty v. Mallory 20 F. Cas. 166 1872 1 United States
In re Hellams 223 F. 460 1915 1 United States
Coram v. Ingersoll 148 F. 169 1906 1 United States
Hays v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland 112 F. 872 1902 1 United States
American General Life Insurance v. Wilkes 619 F. Supp. 2d 252 2008 1 United States
Morrison v. California 291 U.S. 82 1934 1 United States
Woodruff v. Tomlin 593 F.2d 33 1979 1 United States
Adamson v. California 332 U.S. 46 1947 1 United States
Franceschi y Franceschi v. Jones 8 P.R. Fed. 472 1916 1 United States
Alabama v. Kelley 214 F. Supp. 745 1963 1 United States
Lavin v. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank 1 F. 641 1880 1 United States
Wilson v. Jordan 30 F. Cas. 135 1878 1 United States
Bishop v. Bishop 3 V.I. 655 1958 1 United States