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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Pfaff v. Bender 38 F.2d 642 1929 1 United States
Richardson v. Pennsylvania Coal Co. 203 F. 743 1913 1 United States
In re King 46 F. 905 1891 1 United States
Matthews v. Murchison 17 F. 760 1883 1 United States
Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., Inc. v. Ballou 856 F. Supp. 2d 860 2012 1 United States
Burton v. Le Roy 4 F. Cas. 867 1879 1 United States
Caster v. Miller 39 F. Supp. 120 1941 1 United States
Polk's Lessee v. Robertson & Cockrel 1 Tenn. 456 1809 1 United States
Sarrazin v. W. R. Irby Cigar & Tobacco Co. 93 F. 624 1899 1 United States
United States v. Whittier 28 F. Cas. 591 1878 1 United States
Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Sun Oil Co. 191 F.2d 705 1951 1 United States
Phelps v. Harris 101 U.S. 370 1879 1 United States
United States v. Devereux 90 F. 182 1898 1 United States
North v. Peters 138 U.S. 271 1891 1 United States
In re Martin 283 F. 833 1921 1 United States
United States v. Burglass 172 F.2d 960 1949 1 United States
Carey v. Roosevelt 81 F. 608 1897 1 United States
Sanders v. Hamilton 21 F. Cas. 320 1802 1 United States
United States v. Schneiderman 102 F. Supp. 52 1951 1 United States
Guenther v. Dennis-Simmons Lumber Co. 246 F. 521 1917 1 United States