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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Armstrong v. Armstrong 350 U.S. 568 1956 1 United States
Lott v. United States 4 Alaska Fed. 110 1913 1 United States
Lott v. United States 205 F. 28 1913 1 United States
Chicago M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. Stewart 19 F. 5 1883 1 United States
Williams v. Hill, McLane, & Co. 60 U.S. 246 1856 1 United States
Allen v. Scott (In re Scott) 481 B.R. 119 2012 1 United States
Skelly v. United States 76 F.2d 483 1935 1 United States
Memphis Sav. Bank v. Houchens 115 F. 96 1902 1 United States
Burr v. Gregory 4 F. Cas. 813 1828 1 United States
Hayward & Clark v. McDonald 192 F. 890 1912 1 United States
In re Sandefer 47 B.R. 133 1985 1 United States
Paxson v. Brown 61 F. 874 1894 1 United States
Sheehy v. O'Donoghue 94 F.2d 252 1937 1 United States
Geddes v. Livingston 804 F.2d 1219 1986 1 United States
Linares v. Bianchi 10 P.R. Fed. 111 1917 1 United States
Bright v. Buckman 39 F. 243 1889 1 United States
National Union v. Thomas 10 App. D.C. 277 1897 1 District of Columbia
Bishop v. Bishop 257 F.2d 495 1958 1 United States
Bishop v. Bishop 3 V.I. 655 1958 1 United States
Robertson v. United States 199 F. Supp. 78 1961 1 United States