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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Ayers v. Peterson 130 F. App'x 666 2005 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 375 F. Supp. 2d 721 2005 1 United States
DeWolf v. A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co. 49 Conn. 282 1881 1 Connecticut
Igartúa-de la Rosa v. United States 417 F.3d 145 2005 1 United States
American Legacy Foundation v. Lorillard Tobacco Co. 886 A.2d 1 2005 1 Delaware
Castillo v. Koppes-Conway 148 P.3d 289 2006 1 Colorado
United States v. Patton 451 F.3d 615 2006 1 United States
Parker v. District of Columbia 375 U.S. App. D.C. 140 2007 1 District of Columbia
Parker v. District of Columbia 478 F.3d 370 2007 1 United States
State v. Stevens 734 N.W.2d 344 2007 1 South Dakota
People v. Simmonds 48 V.I. 320 2007 1 Virgin Islands
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 551 U.S. 701 2007 1 United States
Barbour v. State ex rel. Hood 974 So. 2d 232 2008 1 Mississippi
Boumediene v. Bush 553 U.S. 723 2008 1 United States
McMillan v. City of New York 253 F.R.D. 247 2008 1 United States
Varnum v. Brien 763 N.W.2d 862 2009 1 Iowa
Strauss v. Horton 46 Cal. 4th 364 2009 1 California
Ankeny v. Governor of the State 916 N.E.2d 678 2009 1 Indiana
Committee to Recall Menendez v. Wells 204 N.J. 79 2010 1 New Jersey
In re the Personal Restraint of Coats 173 Wash. 2d 123 2011 1 Washington