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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Williamson v. Ringgold 4 D.C. 39 1830 1 United States
Williamson v. Ringgold 30 F. Cas. 19 1830 1 United States
Brent v. Chapman 9 U.S. 358 1809 1 United States
Ballantine v. Ballantine 152 F. 775 1907 1 United States
Watson v. Huntington 215 F. 472 1914 1 United States
Chisholm v. Gilmer 299 U.S. 99 1936 1 United States
Postmaster General v. Munger 19 F. Cas. 1099 1827 1 United States
Heath v. Jones 168 F.2d 460 1948 1 United States
Smith v. Edrington 12 U.S. 66 1814 1 United States
Pierpont v. Fowle 19 F. Cas. 652 1846 1 United States
Downs v. Kissam 51 U.S. 102 1850 1 United States
Johnson v. Harmon 94 U.S. 371 1876 1 United States
Cannon v. Hawaii Corp. ex rel. Goss 796 F.2d 1139 1986 1 United States
Evans v. Abney 396 U.S. 435 1970 1 United States
Southworth v. Adams 22 F. Cas. 837 1882 1 United States
Throckmorton v. Holt 180 U.S. 552 1901 1 United States
Savoy v. Savoy 220 F.2d 364 1954 1 United States
Corcoran v. Kostrometinoff 3 Alaska Fed. 225 1908 1 United States
Corcoran v. Kostrometinoff 164 F. 685 1908 1 United States
Myerle v. United States 31 Ct. Cl. 105 1896 1 United States