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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Emerson v. Slater 63 U.S. 28 1859 1 United States
Geddes v. Livingston 804 F.2d 1219 1986 1 United States
Burr v. Gregory 4 F. Cas. 813 1828 1 United States
Bishop v. Bishop 257 F.2d 495 1958 1 United States
Union Trust Co. v. Morrison 125 U.S. 591 1888 1 United States
Robertson v. United States 199 F. Supp. 78 1961 1 United States
Nichols v. Jones 19 F. 855 1884 1 United States
Bean v. Patterson 122 U.S. 496 1887 1 United States
Fountain v. 624 Pieces of Timber 140 F. 381 1904 1 United States
Young v. Duvall 109 U.S. 573 1883 1 United States
Hayward & Clark v. McDonald 192 F. 890 1912 1 United States
Fulkerson v. Holmes 117 U.S. 389 1886 1 United States
The Clematis 5 F. Cas. 1008 1872 1 United States
Coulter v. Stafford 48 F. 266 1891 1 United States
In re Sandefer 47 B.R. 133 1985 1 United States
Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. O'Brien 119 U.S. 99 1886 1 United States
Warren v. Moody 122 U.S. 132 1887 1 United States
Sheehy v. O'Donoghue 94 F.2d 252 1937 1 United States
Skelly v. United States 76 F.2d 483 1935 1 United States
Wolf v. Plunkett 30 F. Cas. 409 1875 1 United States