Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Meeker v. Wilson 16 F. Cas. 1311 1813 1 United States
Halsey v. Fairbanks 11 F. Cas. 295 1826 1 United States
Marks v. Marks 75 F. 321 1896 1 United States
Feibelman v. Packard 109 U.S. 421 1883 1 United States
Bankers’ Trust Co. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 251 F. 789 1918 1 United States
Bickel v. Mackie 447 F. Supp. 1376 1978 1 United States
Conway v. Taylor’s Executor 66 U.S. 603 1861 1 United States
United States v. Frye 25 F. Cas. 1222 1835 0 United States
Sheehan v. St. Paul & D. Ry. Co. 76 F. 201 1896 1 United States
Louisville & N. R. v. Truett 111 F. 876 1901 1 United States
In re Robb 19 F. 26 1884 1 United States
United States v. Reese 92 U.S. 214 1875 1 United States
Veve v. Sanchez 226 U.S. 234 1912 1 United States
Burwell v. Cawood 43 U.S. 560 1844 1 United States
United States v. Ayala 887 F.2d 62 1989 1 United States
Patterson v. Kates 152 F. 481 1907 1 United States
American Loan & Trust Co. v. Grand Rivers Co. 159 F. 775 1908 1 United States
Weber v. Garza 570 F.2d 511 1978 1 United States
Calvert v. Slater 4 F. Cas. 1084 1801 1 United States
Christopher Phelps & Associates, LLC v. Galloway 477 F.3d 128 2007 1 United States