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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Cogen v. United States 278 U.S. 221 1929 1 United States
United States v. Palan 167 F. 991 1909 1 United States
Bell v. Mayor of Vicksburg 64 U.S. 443 1859 1 United States
Williamson v. Berry 49 U.S. 495 1850 1 United States
La Roche v. Lessee of Jones 50 U.S. 155 1850 1 United States
Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Co. 179 F. 245 1910 1 United States
United States v. Powell 151 F. 648 1907 1 United States
Murphy v. Dunham 38 F. 503 1889 1 United States
Hubbard v. Urton 67 F. 419 1895 1 United States
The Mary 15 U.S. 123 1817 1 United States
Wilson v. Mandeville 1 D.C. 452 1807 0 United States
The Rapid 12 U.S. 155 1814 1 United States
The Alexander 12 U.S. 169 1814 1 United States
Ex parte Riggins 134 F. 404 1904 1 United States
Deleon v. City of Dallas 345 F. App'x 21 2009 1 United States
Schoenamsgruber v. Hamburg American Line 294 U.S. 454 1935 1 United States
Hinchman v. Consolidated Arizona Smelting Co. 198 F. 907 1912 1 United States
Oberlin ex rel. Oberlin v. United States 727 F. Supp. 946 1989 1 United States
Schweitzer v. University of Texas Health Center 688 F. Supp. 278 1988 1 United States
Savage v. Pennsylvania 475 F. Supp. 524 1979 1 United States