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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Zappa v. Cruz 30 F. Supp. 2d 123 1998 1 United States
Reynolds v. Commissioner 114 F.2d 804 1940 1 United States
Ex parte Ben 1 D.C. 532 1809 0 United States
Converse Construction Co. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 899 F. Supp. 753 1995 1 United States
Silveira v. Lockyer 328 F.3d 567 2003 1 United States
Saenz v. Roe 526 U.S. 489 1999 1 United States
Obergefell v. Hodges 135 S. Ct. 2584 2015 1 United States
Smythe v. Henry 41 F. 705 1890 1 United States
In re Tapia 9 P.R. Fed. 452 1917 1 United States
Brown v. Board of School Commissioners 542 F. Supp. 1078 1982 1 United States
Gumz v. Morrissette 772 F.2d 1395 1985 1 United States
Scaife v. Western North Carolina Land Co. 90 F. 238 1898 1 United States
Williams v. City of New Orleans 729 F.2d 1554 1984 1 United States
United States v. Williams 532 F. Supp. 319 1981 1 United States
Lehman v. Berdin 15 F. Cas. 251 1878 1 United States
Sadat v. Mertes 615 F.2d 1176 1980 1 United States
Jean v. Nelson 472 U.S. 846 1985 1 United States
Lang v. Windsor Mount Joy Mutual Insurance 487 F. Supp. 1303 1980 1 United States
Cockrill v. Cockrill 92 F. 811 1899 1 United States
United States v. Kambeitz 256 F. 247 1919 1 United States