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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan 111 U.S. 379 1884 1 United States
United States v. Booker 25 M.J. 114 1987 1 United States
Elk v. Wilkins 112 U.S. 94 1884 1 United States
Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 1896 1 United States
Morrison v. California 291 U.S. 82 1934 1 United States
United States v. Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 1898 1 United States
Lott v. United States 205 F. 28 1913 1 United States
Lott v. United States 4 Alaska Fed. 110 1913 1 United States
Ex parte Phenix Insurance 118 U.S. 610 1886 1 United States
Bishop v. Bishop 257 F.2d 495 1958 1 United States
North Carolina Land & Lumber Co. v. Boyer 191 F. 552 1911 1 United States
Bishop v. Bishop 3 V.I. 655 1958 1 United States
Ritchie v. Burke 109 F. 16 1901 1 United States
Ex parte Ortiz 100 F. 955 1900 1 United States
Bright v. Buckman 39 F. 243 1889 1 United States
Goetze v. United States 103 F. 72 1900 1 United States
Littell v. Erie R. Co. 105 F. 539 1900 1 United States
Armstrong v. Armstrong 350 U.S. 568 1956 1 United States
De Lima v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 1 1901 1 United States
Robertson v. United States 199 F. Supp. 78 1961 1 United States