All cases Involving slavery Cites cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases including names of people involved Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Dakota Territory United States
Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Bell v. Maryland 378 U.S. 226 1964 1 United States
McMillan v. City of New York 253 F.R.D. 247 2008 1 United States
Boumediene v. Bush 553 U.S. 723 2008 1 United States
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 551 U.S. 701 2007 1 United States
People v. Galamison 342 F.2d 255 1965 1 United States
Parker v. District of Columbia 478 F.3d 370 2007 1 United States
United States v. Patton 451 F.3d 615 2006 1 United States
Igartúa-de la Rosa v. United States 417 F.3d 145 2005 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
Negrich v. Hohn 246 F. Supp. 173 1965 1 United States
Lagandaon v. Ashcroft 383 F.3d 983 2004 1 United States
Stinson v. Williamson (In re Williamson) 844 F.2d 1166 1988 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 304 F. Supp. 2d 1027 2004 1 United States
Spratt v. Spratt 29 U.S. 393 1830 1 United States
Silveira v. Lockyer 328 F.3d 567 2003 1 United States
Morgan v. Katzenbach 247 F. Supp. 196 1965 1 United States
United States v. Emerson 270 F.3d 203 2001 1 United States
United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education 380 F.2d 385 1967 1 United States
Afroyim v. Rusk 387 U.S. 253 1967 1 United States