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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works 93 U.S. 664 1876 1 United States
North v. Peters 138 U.S. 271 1891 1 United States
Colley v. Canal Bank & Trust Co. 159 F.2d 153 1947 1 United States
Chambers v. Prince 75 F. 176 1896 1 United States
Brown v. Cranberry Iron & Coal Co. 40 F. 849 1889 1 United States
Riggs v. Hatch 16 F. 838 1883 1 United States
Palmer v. Lititz Mut. Ins. 113 F. Supp. 857 1953 1 United States
Britton v. Green 325 F.2d 377 1963 1 United States
Higgins v. Eaton 188 F. 938 1911 1 United States
Griffin v. United States 502 U.S. 46 1991 1 United States
Colt v. Colt 111 U.S. 566 1884 1 United States
In re Hacker 73 F. 464 1896 1 United States
Olsen v. Shell Oil Co. 561 F.2d 1178 1977 1 United States
United States v. Isenberg 2 C.M.A. 349 1953 1 United States
United States v. City of Brookhaven 134 F.2d 442 1943 1 United States
Forte v. United States 94 F.2d 236 1937 1 United States
Bender v. Pfaff 282 U.S. 127 1930 1 United States
New Orleans Terminal Co. v. Hanson 188 F. 638 1911 1 United States
Prevost v. Gorrell 19 F. Cas. 1301 1879 1 United States
Larkin v. United States 107 F. 697 1901 1 United States