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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
United States v. Emerson 270 F.3d 203 2001 1 United States
Silveira v. Lockyer 328 F.3d 567 2003 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 304 F. Supp. 2d 1027 2004 1 United States
Lagandaon v. Ashcroft 383 F.3d 983 2004 1 United States
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
Igartúa-de la Rosa v. United States 417 F.3d 145 2005 1 United States
United States v. Patton 451 F.3d 615 2006 1 United States
Parker v. District of Columbia 478 F.3d 370 2007 1 United States
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 551 U.S. 701 2007 1 United States
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
SECSYS, LLC v. Vigil 666 F.3d 678 2012 1 United States
Fletcher v. Haas 851 F. Supp. 2d 287 2012 1 United States
Peterson v. Martinez 707 F.3d 1197 2013 1 United States
Alberts v. HCA, Inc. 496 B.R. 1 2013 1 United States
Brown v. Buhman 947 F. Supp. 2d 1170 2013 1 United States
Peruta v. County of San Diego 742 F.3d 1144 2014 1 United States
Tuaua v. United States 788 F.3d 300 2015 1 United States
Johnson v. United States 135 S. Ct. 2551 2015 1 United States