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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Presser v. Illinois 116 U.S. 252 1886 1 United States
Denver & Rio Grande Railway v. Harris 122 U.S. 597 1887 1 United States
Cuthbert v. Galloway 35 F. 466 1888 1 United States
Denton v. International Co. of Mexico 36 F. 1 1888 1 United States
The Alaska 130 U.S. 201 1889 1 United States
Imperial Refining Co. v. Wyman 38 F. 574 1889 1 United States
Davis v. Beason 133 U.S. 333 1890 1 United States
Wheeler v. Cloyd 134 U.S. 537 1890 1 United States
Late Corp. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United States 136 U.S. 1 1890 1 United States
Boyd v. Nebraska ex rel. Thayer 143 U.S. 135 1892 1 United States
Holmes v. Goldsmith 147 U.S. 150 1893 1 United States
City of Minneapolis v. Reum 56 F. 576 1893 1 United States
Mills v. Green 67 F. 818 1895 1 United States
Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan 111 U.S. 379 1884 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
United States v. Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 1898 1 United States
Ex parte Ortiz 100 F. 955 1900 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