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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 United States
Nichols v. Eaton 91 U.S. 716 1875 1 United States
Hinchman v. Consolidated Arizona Smelting Co. 198 F. 907 1912 1 United States
Bray v. Staples 180 F. 321 1910 1 United States
Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co. v. Gwin 253 F.2d 17 1958 1 United States
Wolf v. Colorado 338 U.S. 25 1949 1 United States
In re A.M. Operating Corp., 32 B.R. 38 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1983) 32 B.R. 38 1983 1 United States
Central Union Trust Co. v. Appalachian Corp. 300 F. 397 1924 1 United States
Gunn v. Black 60 F. 159 1894 1 United States
Tyler v. Angevine 24 F. Cas. 458 1879 1 United States
Crawford v. Slye 4 D.C. 457 1834 0 United States
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
Savage v. Pennsylvania 475 F. Supp. 524 1979 1 United States
Cogen v. United States 278 U.S. 221 1929 1 United States
United States v. Carter 4 D.C. 732 1836 0 United States
Briggs v. Spaulding 141 U.S. 132 1891 1 United States
Smyth v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 93 F. 899 1899 1 United States
Smith v. Vulcan Iron Works 165 U.S. 518 1897 1 United States
Robertson v. Baldwin 165 U.S. 275 1897 1 United States
Fairbank v. United States 181 U.S. 283 1901 1 United States